🌟 Calling all language teachers! 🌟 Join us for the 36th Annual Summer Seminar: AI – Humanizing Education for a Multilingual Future 🧠💬 📍 UC Santa Barbara | July 18–23 Hosted by @WLSumSem + @CLTAtweets ✅ Gain hands-on strategies grounded in CA’s World Languages Standards & Framework ✅ Explore cutting-edge research + the latest trends in language education ✅ Collaborate with top educators and build a powerful network ✅ Walk away with ready-to-use tools for your classroom 💡 Invest in a week that will transform your teaching and support student success in our global world. 🔗 Learn more + register: [worldlanguagesummerseminar.o…] #SummerSeminar2025 #LanguageTeachers #ProfessionalLearning #CWLP #CLTA #MultilingualFuture #AIinEducation

Have you registered yet? CLTA San Diego is right around the corner, don't miss out! Join our thriving and wonderful World Languages community. This year’s theme is 🌎Global Connectedness Through Language and Culture.🌍  🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some 💵! 🛎🛌 Don't forget to reserve your hotel room ASAP as well! The Doubletree by Hilton in the San Diego Mission Valley has offered CLTA Conference attendees a special rate. However, you need to reserve your room by February 14th. Here's the hotel link: book.passkey.com/event/50840…. #clta25 #worldlanguages #languagelearning #langchat #languageteaching #languageteachers #globalcompetence #socialjustice #sandiego

Check in with your students throughout the class period using emoticons to check the vibe! A simple smiley face can let you know they're feeling confident, while a puzzled emoji 🤔 might indicate they need a little extra help. This not only makes communication fun but also encourages students to express themselves openly. Consider starting the class by asking them to share an emoji that represents how they're feeling about the topic, and revisit this at the end to see how their emotions have evolved. Emoticons can be a great icebreaker and a tool for maintaining a supportive and engaging classroom environment. #TeacherTipTuesday

✍️F07 Stop spending long evenings and weekends planning. Learn a series of high impact activities for language acquisition to structure or complement any lesson. Familiar activities with new content allow your students to focus on the language by becoming experts at the task. #languagelearning #langchat #clta25 #worldlanguages #languageteaching #languageteachers #teachers

✍️F06 This workshop explores how digital platforms enhance language learning through student collaboration and real-world connections. Tools like Perusall, Hypothesis, and TalkAbroad enable students to collaborate on authentic texts and engage with native speakers. The session will demonstrate how to integrate these platforms into curricula to enrich classroom learning and foster deeper engagement. #languagelearning #languageteaching #worldlanguages #clta25 #languageteachers #studylanguages

✍️F05 In collaboration with the SMJUHSD, Corazón del Pueblo worked with Ethnic & Gender Studies teachers and local artists to develop and implement a rigorous artism project. Students examined and reconstructed the traditional lotería game. They collectively created a new and uniquely youth-centered version of the lotería game anchored on the notions of student voices and empowerment. #languagelearning #langchat #teachersofinstagram #languageteachers #languageteaching

✍️F04 This presentation explores the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in creating personalized, adaptive learning experiences in World Language classrooms. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can break down barriers to language acquisition, fostering a more inclusive and effective learning environment that truly embodies the spirit of global connectedness. 🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some 💵! #languagelearning #langchat #clta25 #languageteaching #worldlanguages #languageteachers

✍️ F03 How do sports create a reality to hispanic culture in the Spanish classroom? Explore the origins of the Olympic games, the role of women in sports and celebrate hispanic champions and sports heroes. This session includes interactive activities that enrich cultural competence via sports. 🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some 💵! #langchat #clta25 #langchat #languagelearning #languageteachers #worldlanguages #languageteachers #worldlanguages

📢#CLTA25 held in beautiful San Diego is coming up soon! 🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some 💵! 🛎🛌 Don't forget to reserve your hotel room ASAP as well! The Doubletree by Hilton in the San Diego Mission Valley has offered CLTA Conference attendees a special rate. However, you need to reserve your room by February 14th. Here's the link: book.passkey.com/event/50840…

Friendly reminder that we have our monthly BOOK STUDY WEBINAR this Wednesday, January 22 at 4:30 PM PDT. We will be discussing Chapter 4 of The Anti-Racist World Language Classroom by @Cupofdiversity Krishauna Hines-Gaither and Cécile Accilien. If you are unable to read the chapter before the webinar, we still encourage you to come and participate in our discussion. As a special treat, Dr. Hines-Gaither will be joining our session! We are so pleased to congratulate Dr. Hines-Gaither on her successful bid for the position of ACTFL President-elect. Hooray for Krishauna, and for California!💖🌟 You can still register at tfaforms.com/5081406. It is 🆓 for CLTA members!

The transition away from teaching language courses based on a traditional grammar syllabus requires a shift in thinking as well as a shift in instruction. In this workshop, attendees will consider both the theoretical basis for Proficiency Oriented, Comprehension Based™ teaching and its practical application. Attendees will explore these concepts through interactive demonstrations. #languagelearning #langchat #languageteachers #languageteaching #worldlanguages #clta25

Teaching for social justice moves beyond teaching languages for pragmatic and instrumental purposes, and is closely related to Global Competence and Intercultural Communication. The world language classroom has great potential to help all students learn through interpretation of authentic materials, discussion about real-world issues, and opportunities to take actions for social change. #languagelearning #langchat #languageteaching #teachertiptuesday #clta25 #languageteaching #worldlanguages #languageteachers #socialjustice #socialjusticeeducation #socialchange #globalcompetence

📢#CLTA25 held in beautiful San Diego is coming up soon! 🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some💵 ! ➡️Check out one of the many Pre-Conference Workshops offered: ✍🏽 Create pathways to connect high school & college students with opportunities to use and grow language skills. Despite rising demand for bilinguals, language program enrollment has declined. Learn proven strategies to attract, excite, and retain 1000s of students with State & Global Seals of Biliteracy and documented proficiency.

📢#CLTA25 held in beautiful San Diego is coming up soon! 🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some💵 ! ➡️Check out one of the many Pre-Conference Workshops offered: ✍🏽 In this workshop, participants will learn 7 effective, low-prep strategies to create a language-rich, interactive classroom. Participants will walk away with a bank of strategies that target all modes of communication as well as tools to increase motivation, lower the affective filter, provide access to language at every level, and create community and connectedness within their classroom.

📢#CLTA25 held in beautiful San Diego is coming up soon! 🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some 💵! ➡️Check out one of the many Pre-Conference Workshops offered: ✍️B01 This workshop explores how AI-assisted goal-setting conferences can enhance learning outcomes in dual immersion classrooms. By integrating artificial intelligence and showing examples from a thriving Mandarin dual immersion program, we will demonstrate how to personalize student goals, track progress, and engage families more effectively; and how those practices have yielded positive outcomes.

📢#CLTA25 held in beautiful San Diego is coming up soon! 🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some 💵! ➡️Check out one of the many Pre-Conference Workshops offered: ✍️B02 This 6-hour workshop equips educators with an understanding of standards-based grading (SBG) and integrated performance assessments (IPAs). Participants will explore SBG principles and benefits, emphasizing improved student outcomes through clear feedback. The session includes hands-on activities to create an IPA that integrates with SBG practices for cohesive assessment.

FREE WEBINAR FOR CLTA & Southwest Conference on Language Teaching members! Join Dr. Ali Miano as she presents a live webinar: "Critical Race Theory in the World Language Classroom: Writing Our Way to Racial Justice & Language Proficiency" on Wednesday, January 8th, 2025. Register for this event here: tfaforms.com/5083590

📢#CLTA25 held in beautiful San Diego is coming up soon! 🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some 💵! ➡️Check out one of the many Pre-Conference Workshops offered: ✍️C01 Want to know the secret for teaching today’s Gen Z & Gen Alpha students? Spoiler alert: it’s students having fun! In this session, you will learn how to invigorate your curriculum as you participate in new (and improved!) engaging WL activities that reflect today’s students. Whether you follow a textbook or create your own curriculum, these activities will work in every level & language.

📢#CLTA25 held in beautiful San Diego is coming up soon! 🌐Go to clta.net for more information and to register. Take advantage of our EarlyBird🐦 pricing and save some 💵! ➡️Check out one of the many Pre-Conference Workshops offered: ✍️C02 Remember the last time you heard a great story? Our language-learners enjoy hearing stories in class. In fact, they enjoy it so much they will forget that they are listening in a different language; they will be so focused on the story, the characters, and the action. This is how Comprehensible Input works. Story- Listening was researched and developed by Dr. Stephen Krashen and Dr. Beniko Mason.