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I. SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY IDEA SHARE AT PLU
II. WAFLT CONFERENCE - GENERAL INFORMATION
III. WAFLT CONFERENCE - AATSP INFORMATION
IV. NATIONAL SPANISH EXAMS
V. AATSP LOCAL ELECTIONS - PLEASE VOTE!
VI. RECOMMENDED INTERNET SITES
VII. SPANISH TEACHING POSITIONS
I. SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY IDEA SHARE AT PLU
Thanks to the 28 participants who attended the
technology idea share at PLU this last Saturday!
Here's a summary of some of the things we looked at:
A. Commercial CD-ROM Material: We looked at several
commercial CD-ROM programs:
Legends of the Americas
¿Sabías que . . . ? from McGraw-Hill
Learn to Speak Spanish
Triple Play Plus
I recommend the following site for purchasing
commercial software at a competetive price (I don't
get any money from this company - I've just had good
luck with them): World of Reading at www.wor.com
B. Creating multimedia exercises for FREE! We looked
at the program Hot Potatoes. You can get a free copy
and more information at: www. halfbakedsoftware.com
C. Web sites for Spanish teachers: Eduardo showed us
a wide variety of great websites! You can access them
from his very useful site:
http://depts.washington.edu/~spnrectr/irst.htm
II. PRESS RELEASE: WAFLT Fall Conference 2001
Theme: Languages Make the Connection: Reading Makes
the World Yours
Complete conference registration and form will be
available starting 9/18/01 at
http://www.k12.wa.us/walang/ Copies are being mailed
to current WAFLT members on 9/12/01.
· Date: Oct. 12-13 at the DoubleTree in Pasco, WA
· Rooms are $89+taxes (Call direct: 509-547-0701 by
Sept. 20th). Room rates will go up to $119 after
Sept. 20th; please call before then and identify
yourself as a WAFLT member.
· Conference Schedule:
Oct. 11 Complimentary reception for all
pre-registrants (no-host beverage) 7:00-11:00PM
Oct. 12 registration opens at 7:00 AM; conference runs
8:00-5:00; meetings 5:00- 6:00
Oct. 13 conference runs 8:00-1:30 (AAT luncheons
12-1:30); fee workshop 1:30-3:30
· Friday Keynote:
Dr. Stephen Krashen speaking on Free Voluntary
Reading: Still a Very Good Idea.
· Fee Workshops by Stephen Krashen and Jan Polumbus
Cost is $15 per workshop. See detailed
descriptions below.
· Conference Registration:
Cost for members is $80 and includes any two meals
(non-members $105; student/retired $55)
Late/On-site is $90, $115, and $70 respectively and
does not include meals.
· WAFLT Dues: $35 (includes membership in PNCFL), $20
student/retired and $250 lifetime
· Clock Hours: Are available for $10.
· Workshop times and descriptions:
Krashen Workshop 1: The Case for Bilingual Education
(2:10-4:10 Friday)
Contrary to what one reads in the press, there
is
a very strong case for bilingual education. Bilingual
education has been a consistent winner in the
research: Children in bilingual education acquire
English at least as well as, and usually better than,
children in all-English programs.
They also drop out less. Contrary to popular opinion,
Prop. 227, which dismantled bilingual education in
California, does not deserve the credit for increased
English reading test scores.
Krashen Workshop 2: What is intermediate natural
approach? (1:30-3:30
Saturday) Intermediate natural approach is based on
the same principle that is the foundation for natural
approach: Comprehensible input. Students at the
intermediate stage are ready to understand more
demanding input, but are not ready to fully understand
authentic input. Intermediate natural approach is
thus sheltered subject matter teaching, classes in
which intermediate second language acquirers learn
subject matter presented in a comprehensible way. One
possibility for sheltered subject matter teaching for
foreign and second language students is popular
literature, designed to introduce students to a wide
variety of popular literature in the hope that
students will get interested in one genre and become
pleasure readers in their second language.
Polumbus Workshop #3: Fun X 8! Multiple Approaches
for Success in the
Classroom (1:30-3:30 Sat.) Students enter the
classroom with different learning styles and
abilities. This workshop will present activities to
introduce and reinforce new vocabulary and new grammar
concepts in different, multi-sensory ways so that more
students will likely be successful in learning a
second language.
An interactive, hands-on workshop, teachers will
participate in each activity. Participants will
receive extensive handouts and classroom-proven
techniques. Presented in English with examples in
Spanish.
Jan Polumbus is a national Foreign Language Consultant
with Prentice-Hall, publisher of educational books.
Jan has twenty-nine years of experience as a Spanish,
French, and English teacher in public and private
schools. She was a nominee for the Oklahoma Teacher
of the Year in 1995, and has presented at AP summer
workshops.
III. WAFLT CONFERENCE - AATSP INFORMATION
In addition to the AATSP lunch, meeting, and idea
share, here are a few more things to watch for at the
WAFLT conference! We'll have a table, manned by
several board members, with information on joining
AATSP, details on up-coming events including the
conference on Sephardic Jewish history and
communities, free Spanish books and materials
(donations accepted), and also we'll be selling
postcards designed by our Eastern VP Ricardo Chama.
They have beautiful scenes from Hispanic countries and
you can send them to colleagues or reward students
with them. See you in Pasco!
IV. NATIONAL SPANISH EXAMS
If teachers want to participate in the NSE this year
they have to be current members by DEC. 1, that is,
they need to pay their dues before Dec. 1, 2001. For
more information on the National Spanish Exam, please
contact Oriana Cadman at: ocadman@kalama.com
V. LOCAL AATSP ELECTIONS
All members in good standing should have received by
now the latest AATSP News in the mail, which includes
your ballot. Don't forget to vote by October 5th!
VI. RECOMMENDED INTERNET SITES
These sites were recommended by Jay Adams-Feuer for
teaching about Spain:
España al desnudo:
http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/~gayan/spain.html
Todo sobre España:
http://www.red2000.com/spain/1index.html
VII. SPANISH POSITIONS
a. There is an open position at Franklin High in
Seattle District full time, for 2 sections of Spanish
III and 3 of Spanish I. Please contact Helen Anderson
at nonoise@serv.net.
b. Substitute Teachers for all age levels K-12 for
the 2001-02 school year. Must have previous teaching
experience. Teaching certificate not required. Daily
rate is $90. Send resume and letter stating teaching
preference to Charles Wright Academy, Human Resources,
7723 Chambers Creek Rd. W., Tacoma 98467 (253)
620-8424./ fax 620-8436.
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Steven Green, President, sslgrn@aol.com
Ricardo Chama, Eastern V.P., cheetah101@earthlink.net
Paloma Borreguero, NW V.P., paloma@u.washington.edu
Oriana Cadman, SW V.P., ocadman@kalama.com
Alexandra Porter, Treasurer, dporter@universityprep.org
WATSP web page: http://aatsp.20m.com