What a great weekend at #nectfl25 was incredible. I wanted to post more, but I found myself so busy and engaged. I feel so privileged to have been welcomed into the NECTFL board. And incredible groups of dedicated, hardworking educators! ❤️
Another NECTFL conference come and gone. DECTFL members had an amazing time learning and connecting with friends from near and far! We heard from students, learned about AI, made cultural connections, and more!
Safe travels home to all attendees! #nectfl25
Asking all the right questions about Justice in the last NECTFL presentation. @nectfl.bsky.social #NECTFL25.
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Come to my sessions today!
Gramercy West at 2:15 pm:
AI for IPAs
Sutton Center at 3:30 pm:
Critical Reflections to Empower Language Learners for Global Change with Samantha Radovich
#langchat @actfl.bsky.social
Representation matters! This image highlights the lack of diversity in children’s books, with data from 2018 showing that 50% of characters were white, while only 1% represented Indigenous characters, 5% Latinx, 7% Asian, and 10% Black. Shockingly, more books featured animals (27%) than most marginalized groups. What are your thoughts on this? #DiversityInBooks #RepresentationMatters #InclusiveLiterature”
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“Every language has colonization. Colonization always equates to some BS. BS makes champions: the fight for language justice is born and reborn.” @nectfl.bsky.social #NECTFL25
We’re making money using other people’s languages—it’s our job to bridge the gap! It’s our job to continue to CONTINUE to educate ourselves, to earn our stripes and be okay with being tested. @nectfl.bsky.social #NECTFL25
Estoy lista para aprender en la sesión “Represent - las Voces Indígenas en la música pop latina” 🎶
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Students need to see words and phrases up to 150 times before it sticks—students looking at chat mats isn’t cheating, it’s STUDYING! #NECTFL25
“What does she want??” If my students feel unsure about my expectations, I know from Krashen that they won’t speak! How can I make expectations clearer by providing supports—LIKE CHAT MATS? #NECTFL25 @nectfl.bsky.social
Yesterday DECTFL and NECTFL Board Member Jen Short presented to a packed room about time saving tips in her presentation Reduce, Renew, Reuse: Proficiency Strategies to Reinvigorate
DECTFL is ready for day 2! Don’t miss out Meet and Greet at 9:45 am in the promenade
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An activity is just an activity without the correct approach—how do we create an environment in which our students will speak? Starting day 2 at #NECTFL25 with Christina Margiore learning about chat mats! @nectfl.bsky.social
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Fostering conversations is so important and I’m looking forward to getting some new ideas for chats mats 💫
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Good Saturday morning, #NECTFL25! Jessica and I will be presenting Making a Global Impact at ALL Levels of Proficiency at 8:45 in Sutton North today. @jhaxhi.bsky.social
Do we really not know? I was just mentioning today at my #nectfl25 presentation the case of Nicaraguan Sign Language. There are scholarly accounts (a couple I have off hand attached) but Stephen Pinker also uses it as a foundational vignette in his book The Language Instinct. Worth exploring.
Speed pitching: if elevator pitching and speed dating had a kid. I LOVE this idea for a purpose-driven interpersonal activity! These Tenafly teachers are breaking my brain with all of these ideas! #NECTFL25 @nectfl.bsky.social
“My entire unit is linked to this presentation so you can use, follow, and adapt it.” Megan Williams is the gift who keeps on giving!! #NECTFL25 @nectfl.bsky.social
Hey Delaware! So happy to see so many of my colleagues learning and sharing in NYC. Seeing the great @grahnforlang.bsky.social just made it even better. @nectfl.bsky.social @dectfl.bsky.social #NECTFL25
Talking about UNESCO World Heritage Sites with the amazing language department at Tenafly high school—so many benefits to having a unit on this topic, and you get so much bang for your buck! @nectfl.bsky.social #NECTFL25
Ending my first day with the amazing @grahnforlang.bsky.social ! And is there any other way to celebrate #NECTFL25 than with Leslie?!
“We should not be asking people to hide in plain sight.” We owe it to our students to address racism and lack of equity and inclusion. @miltonalanturner.bsky.social #NECTFL25 @nectfl.bsky.social
“Working with institutional change, you have to live in the groan zone. So you have to plan for it.” @tjeag.bsky.social
Love this! #langchat #nectfl25
Are you stuck in the “Groan Zone”? Make a plan to see your vision come to fruition. @tjeag.bsky.social @traversteach.bsky.social @nectfl.bsky.social #NECTFL25
Three anchors of curriculum: the explicit (which voices we include and exclude), the implicit (our own biases), and the null (what er don’t teach)
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What is NOT said is just as important as what IS said—what are we NOT saying through our choices about what we include and in our curriculum? @miltonalanturner.bsky.social @nectfl.bsky.social #NECTFL25
Catching up with old friends @nectfl.bsky.social #NECTFL25 @leagk.bsky.social JC Morales & Zach Neumann
