Our instructor, Brandon "Bastien" Locke, presents each of us with our "Certificates of Completion" at our celebration dinner.
Teacher Seminars' participants put closure on their 10 days
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Author Archives: Bastien
Purposeful Assessment
Achievement, placement, proficiency, formative, summative, alternative, authentic, Advanced Placement (AP)…these are just a handful of the terms that we tossed around today as we discussed the important role of assessment in world language instruction. Our group debated questions such as:…
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“Experiencing” Language through our Environment
Eddy Dehler-Seter teaches a content-based lesson at das BioHaus.
Teacher Seminars participants experience the power of nature.
Nature and the environment was most certainly today’s…
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Tying It All Together
Teachers are engaged while also being reminded what it feels like to learn a different language.
Mustafa leads us in an Arabic lesson.
Today is…
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Communication: The Ultimate Goal
Carrie leads us in a communicative activity that is very hands-on!
Communication is obviously the ultimate goal of language instruction. Although the 5 C’s are intertwined, one can argue that without communication, the other…
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Integrating Culture
Culture surrounds us. As language teachers, our job is to teach beyond the "products," incorporating the practices and perspectives.
Norwegian dean Tove Dahl leads a culture-based
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Putting Theory into Practice
Das BioHaus has inspired several teachers to develop units based on environmental issues.
Here, Wencke searches for authentic materials in German to supplement her IPA.
The focus…
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Witnessing, Firsthand, the Magic of the Language Villages
Zayd, one of our Arabic teachers, enjoys his time at Skogfjorden.
Today the participants of the Teacher Seminars course were able to spend a few hours amongst the staff and Villagers of several…
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Teaching Language through Content
Teachers are engaged in a content-based environmental lesson at Waldsee's BioHaus.
Today the focus of our professional discussions and interactions centered around the notion of teaching a second language through a specific content-area. We…
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Teachers visit the Language Villages
Here are a few of our teachers in front of "Paris," the dining hall at Lac du Bois.
Today the group of Teacher Seminars participants spent a good part of the day touring…
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