GWATFL Fall Conference 2024: Full Schedule

11:05am EDT

This Class is DOPE: Igniting Joy and Engagement with Dopamine-Boosting Activities

Saturday November 2, 2024 11:05am - 11:55am EDT

In this workshop, you'll discover innovative strategies to incorporate dopamine-releasing activities that support acquisition-driven instruction and help maintain target language usage. Learn how to cultivate a vibrant classroom community where students are eager to participate, fostering a joyful learning environment!

Speakers

Annabelle Williamson

(La Maestra Loca), La Maestra Loca

Saturday November 2, 2024 11:05am - 11:55am EDT
Room 221

Acquisition Driven Instruction

1:00pm EDT

Teaching Language with the Brain in Mind

Saturday November 2, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Room 221

Understanding how the brain works in relation to teaching and learning can help educators and their students maximize success both in and out of the classroom. But how can we leverage this knowledge specifically in the Language classroom? This session will provide an introduction to Mind, Brain, Education (MBE) Science and an exploration of how key elements of the brain’s architecture relate to Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and memory. Leave with research-informed teaching strategies that you can use in your classroom on Monday…and beyond!

OBJECTIVES:
Participants will hear an engaging overview and explanation of Mind, Brain Education Science and how it intersects with Second Language Acquisition. The structure of the session itself will introduce the participants to research-informed strategies for learning and teaching such as teaching in multiple modalities, engaging in retrieval practice regularly, limiting working memory and cognitive load, and building metacognition. They will leave the session able to identify ways in which MBE and SLA intersect and as well as ideas of how they can structure their class time and pedagogy to promote long-term memory consolidation and language acquisition.

Speakers

Anna Gilcher

St. Andrew's Episcopal School

Anna Gilcher is co-director (with Rachelle Adams) of Elevate Education Consulting and a French teacher for students of all ages and brains. In addition to her language teaching and teacher training work at Elevate, she teaches Upper School French at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School... Read More →

Daphne Clyburn

Spanish Teacher. PS-12 Language Department Head, St. Andrew's Episcopal School

Daphne Clyburn is a Spanish teacher and the PS-12 Language Department Head at St. Andrew's Episcopal School. She is currently a CTTL/Omidyar Teaching Fellow with the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL) and has presented her work as a Teacher-Researcher at ACTFL... Read More →

Saturday November 2, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Room 221