Summer Institute for Teachers of Spanish and Japanese

Washington Academy of Languages and Seattle Pacific University are happy to announce:
SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS OF SPANISH & JAPANESE

A four-day workshop covering the principles, practice, activities and assessment for teaching world languages

Meets Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday:
July 13 – 16, 2010 from 9 am – 3 pm

Tuesday: In English

• Examine what makes second language teaching effective
• Learn strategies for teaching language in context
• Build effective language learning strategies in your students
• Develop a self-evaluation system to gauge your teaching effectiveness

Wednesday - Friday: In Language of Instruction as Noted Below

Option A: Teaching World Languages: Spanish
Option B: Teaching World Languages: Japanese

• Using cultural materials to expand teaching resources
• Using drama and literature (including poetry) to teach language
• Using media, realia and international communities to extend language learning opportunities
• Relating to the larger school environment in teaching language
• Developing activities to reach communicative competence
• Utilizing authentic assessment techniques to enhance your existing curriculum and mirror your good classroom instruction

This four-day workshop is available for 2 credits. Tuition is $385. University credit is an additional $90.

Please see our website for more information: http://wal.org/tesl/classdesc/WALTea...Languages.html