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Carolina Reyt self describes as an eternal learner. Luckily, learning to be a better teacher is a never ending process and that's what makes teaching fun. Listen as Carolina describes the learning circle of giving and receiving and how this helps her plan and deliver interesting classes where she and her students are continually challenging each other to try new things. Now we just need a report how the peanut butter and jelly sandwich was.

Bio

I was born and raised in Argentina. I loved studying English as a Foreign Language as a kid. I loved it so much that I decided to get my Bachelor's Degree in that subject. I did a post-graduate specialization in English Literature. I will always be grateful to my professors in Argentina. Their brilliance, deep knowledge of Language Acquisition and mentorship guide me until today.

Later on, I came to work in the US, in New Jersey. We decided to Texas and I did my Master of Arts in Spanish Literature and Linguistics. I have been working in Plano ISD for 16 years. I have taught all the levels of Spanish. I have given many professional development trainings. I have been very involved with the Curriculum Development team. I have met and worked with awesome teachers and leaders. The most important and impactful part of my job: my students, their love for learning my language and culture.

Producer's Notes

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Social Media

Twitter: @carolina_reyt

Insta: carolina_reyt

Facebook: Carolina Reyt

LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/carolina-reyt-m-a-158353a

Mentions

Basilio Vargas @soybasiliovargas

The Devil's Miner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Miner

Stephany Sipes @stephanysipes

Greta Lundgaard @gretafromtexas

Stephen D. Krashen https://www.sdkrashen.com/

Carolina eating a PBJ for the first time (with her husband and son- it's super cute)  

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Guest Marnina Falk guides us through getting the year started using Target Language, what to plan, how to plan, and planning your back up plan so that you are ready for every contingency. Marnina and Langauge Lounge host Michelle Olah offer practical tips and encouragement of how to get to 90%+ target language use and create a strong sense of community in our classrooms.

Bio

Marnina Falk taught Spanish for 9 years at Foreign Language Immersion and Culture Studies, a Detroit Public School. In Detroit, she helped write the Spanish I and II curriculum. She also led training for the district language department. Prior to Detroit public schools, she taught English in Costa Rica for 2 years, where she developed English programs for children and adults. She also discovered her passion for Latin dance.

In 2018, Marnina participated in a Fulbright Hays summer seminar in Brazil, where she returned as a Language Curriculum Coordinator for another cohort in 2022. In 2019, Marnina was a Fund for Teachers Fellow in Cuba. Expanding on her experiences in Costa Rica, Brazil, and Cuba, she has created materials about Afro-Latin culture and heritage. She has also continued to practice Spanish and study Brazilian Portuguese whenever possible.

Producer's Notes

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Don't miss the debut of Wayside Publishing's 2023-2024 professional development series, Teaching with Target Language in Mind: Starting the School Year with Purposeful Language Use. Set the stage for optimal target language use as you welcome your students back for the new school year. The Professional Learning Team will help you keep purposeful target language use for you and your students at the heart of learning. Join us as we share ideas, tips and resources to help you establish class norms, set learning expectations, discuss the importance of staying in the target language, and help students co-construct their understanding of what language looks like along the proficiency continuum.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuduugrzIrHd0j1s1C71EX1qlObYAgk8kA

Mentions

Special Person from Bryce Hedstrom https://www.brycehedstrom.com/free-stuff/special-person-interviews/

Slides used students for the special person interviews https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17RjQymWtc4lPgNGnyDnod6xxlCsHuJOp_-68nXHkT4c/edit?usp=sharing

Unit plan for special person interviews: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WKwZ2wbL9krs_bfm3b4yLGI3vE1kcF0SjjsDHw42NWk/edit?usp=sharing

Student note sheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QUdlgzinkHrdEPAWDNEfT3566YZWn0UX/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105928918383629260776&rtpof=true&sd=true

Final project https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sPPxKU-nGj_6tzPxZin6MrAvRD9pAnv7TlQIYFwj6r0/edit?usp=sharing

Student Interest Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xyQGTdI43MACR9tyfmRa2_27acE3a7RwIemb-NBH7w8/copy

@LangChat

Increasing Your Target Language Use in the Classroom https://calicospanish.com/increasing-your-target-language-use-in-the-classroom/

Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures, Spencer Kagan

Blog about Teacher Strategies to stay in the TL

Carol Gaab @CarolGaab (Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-gaab-07516b11/

@MmeBlouwoff, https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-b-83a86a4/

Claudia Elliot @claudiamelliott , FB: claudiaelliott21

ACTFL : Facilitate Target Language Use https://www.actfl.org/educator-resources/guiding-principles-for-language-learning/facilitate-target-language-use#:~:text=ACTFL%20recommends%20that%20learning%20take,NOT%20use%20the%20target%20language.

Master teachers are not brought to the world of teaching fully formed. The craft of teaching is honed through commitment, a firm decision to improve, time and practice, practice, practice. In this episode, Regina O'Neal and host Michelle Olah discuss Regina's commitment to developing her craft, why she works so hard at it and where she wants to go next. Plan to step up your game.

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Social media

Twitter: LaProfeHermosa

Insta: la_profe_hermosa

FB: Regina O'Neal same as LinkedIn

Mentions:

Caridad Morales Nussa - teacher

Sarah Horsey, principal (retired)at Montebello Elementary/Junior Academy in Baltimore, MD

Yovanni Markland -Education Specialist for World and Classical Languages for Baltimore City Public Schools

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Spanish speaking world is not a monolith. In this episode, Trisha JC McMurray helps us understand the immense diversity of the Spanish speaking world, discusses ways to approach teaching it, how to help our students see themselves and understand that there are differences but no culture is better or less.

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Social Media

Instagram: trishajcm

Facebook: Trisha J. C-McMurray

Bio

Trisha J.C-McMurray is a first generation American of Vincentian and Panamanian heritage. Her father is from the British West Indian island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Her mother is from Panamá. Currently, she teaches first through fourth grade Spanish but has taught middle and high school Spanish and ESL. Trisha was a Teacher of the Year for Berlitz where she worked as a Spanish and English instructor. Trisha loves Spanish language and culture and has a passion to see that first generation Americans of immigrant parents value learning about and maintaining their heritage, language and culture while at the same time appreciating their multicultural identity.

Trisha is very passionate teacher who loves teaching Spanish and exposing her students to the diversity of Latino people and culture as well as the British Caribbean and diverse cultures of the world. She earned her BA in Spanish from Seton Hall University and did a study abroad in Salamanca, Spain at La universidad de Pontificia. She earned her master's degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from NYU (New York University) where she specialized in the collective identities of the British West Indies as well as the Spanish-speaking world and cultural pluralism looking specifically at Afro/Caribbean Latino, Chinese Latino, Indo-Caribbean, Chinese West Indians as well as white West Indians.

Before teaching, Trisha furthered her passion for self-representation of Latinos, British West Indians and those of Latino and Caribbean heritage through magazine publishing by attending the publishing program at NYU as well as doing an internship at LATINA magazine.

Mentions

Pav Kaur @fleavecmmed - Teacher of French and Francophone languages and cultures

Rosa Bell https://www.instagram.com/plccultureanddiversity/

Celia Cruz. Cuban Singer

Comida Chifa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chifa

Jose-Louis Orozco - Bilingual Children's Author https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1TdIrrIsMyowYPQSyCpNzFPIKc0sVsgvyq9KzgcAkJMKEA&q=juan+luis+orozco&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1047US1047&oq=juan+louis+or&aqs=chrome.6.69i57j0i13i512l4j46i13i512l2j0i13i512l3.7020061j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Speaking Latino https://www.speakinglatino.com/

As teachers there are many ways that we can use research to improve our practice or find answers to burning questions about what is happening in our classrooms. Whether it's restoring order after lunch, eliminating distractions or something more complicated, Dr. Victoria Gilbert takes us through the whys and how of research. From simple to the elaborate we can all be a part of improving our own and our colleagues' practice.

Bio:

Dr. Gilbert grew up in three different countries and has taught foreign languages in elementary school (Spanish & French) and science for over thirty years in NYC. She received her doctorate from Teachers College in educational leadership. She is a frequent presenter on authentic resources and IPA design. For ten years, she was also curriculum specialist and professional development leader for Global Language Project (GLP). Dr. Gilbert has taught FLES methodology classes and served as lead instructor in NYU’s and GLP’s StarTalk program for teachers. She is currently the Chair of the Modern Language Department at Saint David’s School. 

Producer's Notes:

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Social Media

https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-gilbert-29b33312/

https://twitter.com/vgilbertteach

Mentions:

Educator Inquiry Website - https://www.educatorinquiry.com/

Grammar. How do you teach grammar as a concept and used in context like ACTFL tell us we should? Mike Travers knows. In this episode of the Language Lounge, Mike discusses the role of grammar in communicative classrooms and provides concrete examples of different techniques that he uses to teach grammar. Restock your teacher tool kit with these easy, low-prep, fun activities that engage students.

Producer's Notes:

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Social Media:

@Travers_Tweets

Bio:

Mike is a Spanish teacher at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts and has taught learners both Spanish and French at the novice and intermediate levels. Mike is very active in professional learning communities through MAFLA, NECTFL, and ACTFL, where he presents, facilitates or participates in conferences and workshops to continue learning more about proficiency-based teaching. He has presented on the topics of grammar, curriculum writing and language learning and the brain. Apart from conferences, Mike was an interview panelist on the MA World Language Framework, MAFLA's Vice President and NECTFL advisory board and the winner of multiple awards for his presentations at MAFLA and NECTFL.

Mentions:

Dogfooding, Cult of Pedagogy https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/

What is Structured Input?, Video, Mike Travers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7EF19Qods

Input Processing and Grammar Instruction in Second Language Acquisition by Bill VanPatten

Dictogloss: Teaching Grammar as a Concept in Context, Video Mike Travers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scd2jUG7BcIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scd2jUG7BcIDiaries

Diaries of a Mad World Language Teacher (Blog) by Mike Travers https://madlanguageteacher.weebly.com/

Concept Attainment for Teaching Grammar by Mike Travers https://madlanguageteacher.weebly.com/teaching-grammar/concept-attainment-for-teaching-grammar

PACE Model

ACTFL: Teach Grammar as a Concept in Context https://www.actfl.org/educator-resources/guiding-principles-for-language-learning/teach-grammar-as-a-concept-in-context

What Steven Lopez likes about choice and student lead activities is that it allows his students to bring their interests, hobbies, abilities and passions into the classroom and the community. Steven walks us through what he does and shares examples of several units. (See the show notes) While giving choice to students can seem overwhelming, Steven makes it manageable and, bonus points, more interesting to grade.

Bio

I have been teaching Spanish in New York for 14 years. I grew up in NYC and studied at University at Albany (BA in Spanish, MS in Secondary Education) and Middlebury College (MA in Spanish). I have traveled and lived through Spain and Latin America and can also can communicate in Brazilian Portuguese and French (both at the intermediate level). I try to live a very healthy and active lifestyle and have also worked as a fitness instructor for over 11 years. In my free time I often go to the theater and wonderful museums in NYC

Social Media

Instagram - Profelopez21

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Show Runner: Jennifer Germanaud

Mentions:

National Boards https://www.nbpts.org/

Choice Boards Example: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NCaG0j2PDaJXtP_u7uDkuTA3FXrtq4qxsHnoM53dNFY/edit

Rubric for the choice boards https://docs.google.com/document/d/14YWLFaZXnc9smSvlvpoa-W-BeDoZHDctWqWVvbYNsAc/edit

José Martí Cuban nationalist , poet, philosopher essayist, journalist

Ana Belén Montes documentary choices https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VbuuXUo9qYQfBbW0nBdWXuYxRabQX6M2dWluaC4yXWQ/edit

Una maestra en botas, duolingo podcast Episode 51 https://podcast.duolingo.com/episode-51-una-maestra-en-botas-a-teacher-in-army-boots

El Chacal and Hasta siempre Comandate (songs with Lyrics and comprehension activities) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nuK_LeaCv15uS5GjqMBCrmN66DgBzAIsQkLTanKsUMA/edit

La Jungle painting by Wifredo Lam

Sensemayà by Nicolàs Guillén

The Cuba Libre Story (Netflix)

Casa Dividida by Chris Mercer

Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era by Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith

Podcast: Charlas Hispanas https://charlashispanas.com/

Blooms Taxonomy of Verbs in Spanish https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NCaG0j2PDaJXtP_u7uDkuTA3FXrtq4qxsHnoM53dNFY/edit

Steven Lopez Student Survey https://docs.google.com/document/d/12aAkFgKA-nLR-No55sgy9T9hvxv2k_ONPAa10bwCJ1s/edit?usp=sharing

Is your curriculum getting you down? Let Kara Parker help you jazz up your units. In this episode of the Language Lounge, Kara shares some amazing ideas for changing things up and urges us to make what we teach relevant and relatable to students. She'll have you eagerly anticipating changing up the health unit, reinventing the daily routing, revamping the school unit and much more.

Bio

Kara Parker is a curriculum creator on her websites Creative Language Class and AdiósTextbook, plus she has been presenting about communication-based instruction across the globe. She taught Spanish and ELL for 13 years in private, public, and alternative schools with a National Board Certification. This is all fueled by a passion for languages and lots of coffee. Get ideas for your class on creativelanguageclass.com http://creativelanguageclass.com/ and adiostextbook.com https://www.adiostextbook.com/

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Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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Show Runner: Jennifer Germanaud

Social Media - @CLC_teachers, www.facebook.com/creativelanguageclass/

Mentions

Megan Smith

Creative Language Class

Link to Proficiency Lesson:  http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/explaining-proficiency-levels-to-students/

Shelli Brown feels that all teachers need coaches to grow and develop in their craft. In this episode, she provides excellent advice on why teachers shouldn't be afraid of inviting a coach into their classrooms, and what the role of a coach should be. This discussion, like great coaching, will leave you feeling energized and ready to stay in the game.

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Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com

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Host: Michelle Olah

Show Runner: Jennifer Germanaud

Bio:

Shelli has been in education for 23 years. Twenty-two of those years, she served as a classroom teacher (Levels 1-5) and a campus/district teacher-leader. Shelli currently serves as the World Language Instructional Coach in Prosper ISD in Prosper, Texas. As the World Language Instructional Coach she supports 29 world language educators of ASL, Chinese, French, Latin, and Spanish.

Social media

Twitter - @ProfeBrownTX

Mentions:

Jim Knight, Instructional Coaching Group https://www.instructionalcoaching.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwlPWgBhDHARIsAH2xdNfzeeAGpNf5iD-1mCtICHkVRpohGXSsArlCKbJRQ7IYrtmuJmuLJc4aAvhnEALw_wcB

Elena Aguilar, author and coach, The PDBook https://brightmorningteam.com/

Michael Bungay, author, The coaching Habit: Say less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

Bill Ferriter @plugusin https://buildingconfidentlearners.com/

Brig Leane and Jon Yost,author, Singletons in a PLC at Work https://www.solutiontree.com/free-resources/plcbooks/splc

John Antonetti and Terri Stice, author, Powerful Task Design: Rigorous and Engaging Tasks to Level Up Instructions

Kia London is passionate about ensuring that we, as educators are thinking about who is not being represented in our curriculum and how we can branch out and make sure that everyone in our classrooms sees themselves in the curriculum. In this episode of the Language Lounge, Kia talks about how she creates diversity, equity and inclusion through her lessons and gives tips and resources for getting started.

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Kia is a passionate educator, writer, and advocate for equity by way of representation in the world language curriculum. She carries seventeen years of experience in the classroom, and has taught Spanish to second language learners, native, and heritage speakers, for all grade levels K-12. She currently teaches Spanish to 5th and 6th grade students, and works in an additional capacity as a DEI Coordinator in her school community.

Through her brand, Trailblaze Into Language Learning, Kia has provided workshops and webinars focused on student representation, the African Diaspora, and intercultural competence. She has presented at local, state, and regional conferences, as well as the ACTFL conference. As a writer of comprehensible short stories and articles, she successfully designs a rich curriculum filled with victories and stories of African identities, DEI, and student representation.

Mentions:

Las Voces Diversas de la Diáspora magzine by Kia London and A.C. Quintero

LLLAB - Language Learner Literature Advisory Board https://wearelllab.org/

Wildwood School Multicultural Leadership Institue l https://www.wildwood.org/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging/deib-initiatives/multicultural-leadership-institute

ICTFL -Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Kia London, Region 1 director Dr. Michael Ayala, President Affinity groups https://www.ictfl.org/

Culturally Diverse and Equitable Curriculum Design Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/culturallydiverseequitablecurriculum/Bit.ly/klondon

ICTFL Spring Workshop Presented by Kia London, Latin School of Chicago - April 20, 2023 Making Consistent Steps to Centering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the World Language Classroom https://www.ictfl.org/2023-spring-workshop.html

Trailblaze into Language Learning https://trailblazeintolanguagelearning.com/

Command Performance Books https://cpli.net/(a variety of class readers for language class including A.C. Quintero and I’s magazine publication in Spanish– Las voces diversas de la diáspora)

Webinar: Cultural and Linguistic Competence through Social Justice by LJ Randolph LJ Randolph - 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgTWeV8Xl7c

Social Media 

Twitter: @MaestraLondon 

Instagram: @clases_de_london  

Kia's Website(s): 

bit.ly/klondon (free classroom activities, blog posts, podcasts, products for the Spanish classroom, Facebook groups, ICTFL Affinity Groups link, CV, YouTube, social media handles) 

Trailblaze Curriculum Design Teachable Courses & Products,  https://trailblaze-into-language-learning.teachable.com/ 

Kia's Blog: 

Trailblaze Into Language Learning https://trailblazeintolanguagelearning.com/equity/cultural-and-linguistic-expressions-2/ 

Kia's Facebook Groups 

ICTFL Region One (Illinois State Language Organization)  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1534890143396038 

BIPOC World Language Educators of Illinois (*BIPOC- Black Indigenous People Of Color) https://www.facebook.com/groups/809226000517715 

Culturally Diverse and Equitable Curriculum Design Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/culturallydiverseequitablecurriculum