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CLIC Webinar: "Tools for Increasing Efficiency, Impact, and Utility of Teacher Feedback"

Description: Language instructors are always busy with planning lessons, creating and grading assignments and exams. We know that giving regular, individualized feedback to students is important, but…

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BVP discussion recording

Dr. Bill VanPatten answered questions about language teaching and learning, such as "What is the evidence that input actually needs to be *communicative* rather than just comprehensible?";…

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Virtual Q&A with Linda Egnatz

Linda Egnatz answered participants' questions about the Global Seal and the State Seal of Biliteracy, (including requirements, assessment options, etc.), moving students up the proficiency…

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Virtual Q & A with Toni Theisen

Toni Theisen (2013 ACTFL President) answered participants' questions about the role of technology in language learning, integrated performance assessments, differentiated instruction and…

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CLIC webinar: "Comprehensible Input: Why, What, and How"

Description: What's CI? Why is it crucial for language acquisition? And how do teachers implement it in the classroom?! The webinar will begin with an introduction into Dr. Krashen's…

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Virtual Q&A with Dr. Kim Potowski

Prof. Kim Potowski (Professor of Hispanic linguistics and Director of the Heritage Language Program in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago)…

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Virtual Q&A with Prof. Ann Abbott

Prof. Ann Abbott (Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) answered participants' questions on the following topics:…

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CLIC webinar: Video chatting with native speakers: Why, What, How

Web-based videoconferencing with native speakers is perhaps one of the best uses of technology in the world language classroom, yet for many instructors, integrating it into their courses may seem…

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CLIC webinar: Task-based Language Teaching: What, Why, How

This webinar provides an overview of task-based language teaching (TBLT), which adopts meaning-based, communicative tasks, as the central unit for defining learning needs, determining curriculum…

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CLIC Webinar: "Using Contract Learning to Improve Learner Motivation in a Language Composition Course"

In the language learning context, the use of authentic materials, activities, and assignments can lead to more meaningful learning experiences and more motivated students. This webinar will introduce…

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CLIC Webinar: "Understanding, Improving, and Developing Language Programs through Useful Evaluation"

Conducting evaluation in language education has increasingly become an activity that educators must undertake themselves, often for specific program-improvement and accountability purposes. This…

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CLIC Webinar: "Staging and Evaluating Structured Reflection for Transformative Learning"

‘Structured reflection’ refers to a set of diverse practices used to help learners make sense of their learning as they critically link content/theoretical knowledge, personal experience,…

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CLIC Webinar: "Flipping the classroom: implications for student and instructor training"

A growing number of institutions are migrating to flipped approaches to foreign language learning. This change has raised questions and concerns regarding instructors’ and students’…

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