ACTFL Takeaways

A short list of Takeaways from ACTFL 2017:
1.  "Time is Proficiency."
     It takes 150-180 hours to move between sublevels in level I languages.
2. Essential questions.
     Why does this matter?
3.  Themes that connect.
     Relevance
     Relationships
     Rigor
     Real
4.  Share targets and can-do's.
     What if I wrote the objective on the board each day?
5.  Backwards design.
     Know where you're going, then map how to get there.
6.  For further exploration:
     Restorative Practices
     Social Justice in the WL classroom
     Virtual fieldtrips
     Responsive teaching
7.  Keeping them up and engaged and speaking Spanish.
     prompts at the right level
     organized
     appropriate amount of time
8.  "The relationships are the content."
9.  Games!
     I've got to learn Mafia!