ACTFL+Annual+World+Languages+Conference,+Fall+2010

I would like to share some of the workshops I had the opportunity to attend during the Annual Conference & World Languages Expo in Boston this past fall:  **The ultimate classroom interaction.** Engaging and innovative singing, chanting and role-playing strategies that reinforce generic vocabulary and grammar objectives, while motivating students to learn.  **//Today’s digital reality.//** Ideas and resources to language educators aimed at making learning relevant in our technological age.  **//Creating innovative, interdisciplinary thematic units to craft critical thinkers.//** Discovering how to create motivating activities and assessments, through technology, that go beyond both the textbook and walls of the classroom. http://thinkthematic.wikispaces.com/  **//Spanish resources from the Embassy of Spain.//** Received information about the resources and materials offered by the Spanish Ministry of Education and other institutions. [|http][|://www.educacion.es/redele/enlaces.shtml#][|referencia] [|http://cvc.cervantes.es][|/]  **//Ten steps to total fluency.//** In this session, John Conner, Spanish teacher at Groton school and author of the acclaimed //Breaking the Barrier// series, leaded participants through ten activities or steps to make classes more productive. [|http][|://www.tobreak.com/the-ideal-lesson-][|plan]

For Mrs. Xli, it was also a very enriching experience. She attended a Chinese Pinyin teaching and pronounciation training workshop and found excellent resources and materials for our middle school’s Chinese program. Mrs. Xli will be incorporating a wonderful DVD collection called **//China, a Great Country in the East//** to our middle school FLEX program. This DVD collection is about eminent figures in Chinese history and the best cultural scenic spots in China with phonetic spelling, pinyin and narrations both in English and Chinese.

** Ms. Fabiola Weinberg ** ** Mrs. Xiaoshen Xli **