World Languages Workshop

Changes the community wants to see…

• More than language offered

• Grammar only being test

• Teacher training on how to really lower the anxiety in the classroom

• Digital media use for comprehensible input

• Offer different languages for kids

• Language immersion

• Early language instruction

• Classes where kids can be fluent in languages and can speak it

• Not caring about how this will impact test scores

• More Spanish books available for every level for pleasure reading

• More time spent giving/receiving comprehensible input. Less time spent teaching/learning the strict rules of grammar

• More exposure to another or some languages and learn their tradition and culture

What excites you?

• That our kids can learn 2 or more languages like other countries in the world and that they will be prepared for a global world. Brings more value to them when they grow up.

• Relevancy will increase engagement by students

• Instruction centered around topics and not grammar

• Deconstruct the topic to find the lesson - this makes the lesson

• Digital media is bringing cultures closer together

• Virtual field trips

• Professional fluent speakers excite me

• Opportunity for inclusion of all cultures

• Language clubs

• Fun learning ways that don't depend on memorizing

• To hear my kids learn different languages like Spanish or French

• Changing the world by letting the kids to learn another language or two

What don’t you want to see…

• Exposure vs. immersion - offer mainstream choice

• An attempt to do too much and fail

• The expectations for this school is very high

• Dictation by test scores - teaching test materials

• Is just focusing on teaching kids how to speak Spanish

New Opportunities you would like to see…

• More real, well-rounded classes

• For our children to explore other countries

• To be able to communicate with other forms of languages to different nationalities

• Balanced children - whole people

• Silly games and rhymes to encourage learning

• World languages library books or internet resources

• More than just Spanish (Mandarin)

• Have my kids practice the language rather than just learn it from the book

Deal Breakers

• Losing my immersion opportunity