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French for Teachers (B1)

Participants will use their increasingly independent language skills to explore the challenges of FSL teaching, including student diversity and engagement, Differentiated Instruction (DI), and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

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French for Teachers (A2)

Participants will further develop language proficiency through exposure to high-frequency vocabulary specific to FSL teaching. They will gain a clear understanding of the proficiency expectations and evaluation criteria for the A2 level and of how these expectations can be integrated into the FSL classroom.

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French for Teachers (A1)

Participants will engage in practical and meaningful work designed to develop language proficiency specific to the FSL teaching profession. They will be invited to listen, speak, read, and write in A1-level French while forming professional connections in an inclusive and welcoming environment.

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French for Teachers (B2)

Teacher-learners will participate in various B2-level synchronous and asynchronous listening, speaking, reading, and writing tasks in a gradual release of responsibility model. They will develop effective pedagogical practices and communication skills using research-based strategies and authentic texts.

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Meeting Every Learner’s Needs: A Differentiated Approach to Language Teaching — Part 1 (English)

This session will introduce practical strategies for implementing differentiated instruction in language classrooms, focusing on tailoring lessons to meet varied learning styles, proficiency levels, and backgrounds.

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Meeting Every Learner’s Needs: A Differentiated Approach to Language Teaching — Part 1 (French)

This session will introduce practical strategies for implementing differentiated instruction in language classrooms, focusing on tailoring lessons to meet varied learning styles, proficiency levels, and backgrounds.

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Moving Toward Criticality: FSL Teachers’ Definitions of and Perspectives on Culture

This presentation will offer critical reflection points for teachers to explore their own understanding of culture and present ways to move toward more critical conceptualizations of it.

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New Board Member and National Council Representatives

On Friday, October 4, CASLT members elected a new Board member and welcomed two new National Council representatives. We’re excited to have these dynamic and motivated language educators join our team and look forward to working with them!

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Meet the 2024 CASLT Award Winners

The winners of this year’s CASLT awards were announced at our Annual General Meeting and Networking Day on Friday, October 4. Read about these three distinguished language educators and join us in congratulating them!

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Meet the 2023 CASLT Award Winners

CASLT presents three awards each year to language educators who have greatly contributed to the language education field in Canada. Congratulations to our 2023 CASLT award winners!

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CASLT’s New Board and National Council Members for 2023–2024

CASLT is thrilled to welcome four new members to its leadership team this year: one to the Board of Directors and three to the National Council.

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FSL Fundamentals

Instructor-Led Courses for FSL Teachers: FSL Pedagogy and Linguistic Proficiency

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CASLT Welcomes the Adoption of Bill C-13 to Modernize the Official Languages Act

CASLT applauds the adoption of Bill C-13, which modernizes the Official Languages Act.

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CASLT Celebrates the Government of New Brunswick’s Decision to Retain French Immersion

This decision will benefit FSL learners and FSL education as a whole in the province.

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Action-Oriented Approach Toolkit: Aligning Learning, Teaching, and Assessment

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The Innovative Language Classroom Handbook: Leveraging Technology to Drive Learning

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Identifying Requirements and Gaps in French as a Second Language (FSL) Teacher Education: Recommendations and Guidelines

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Pandemic and Practice: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Second Language Teachers in Canada

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The Shortage of French Immersion and French as a Second Language Teachers: Study Report

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Second Language Teacher Attrition, Retention, and Recruitment: A Literature Review on Issues, Challenges, and Strategies for French as a Second Language Teachers

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Preparing for L2 and FSL Teaching: A Literature Review on Essential Components of Effective Teacher Education for Language Teachers

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Discovering Languages: The “ABC”s of the Fula Language

Fula, also known as Fulah, Fulani, or Peul in French, is one of the most widely dispersed languages in Africa. It has over 36 million speakers across 18 countries, from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea.

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Discovering Languages: Three Ways to Preserve the Kurdish Language

Kurdish is the language of one of the world’s largest ethnic groups without a nation state. Despite having no official homeland, the Kurdish language has so far managed to resist extinction. These three successful efforts to preserve the language are helping to carry Kurdish into the next generations.

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Discovering Languages: Oki from Treaty 7 Territory: The Blackfoot Language

The Blackfoot language holds thousands of years of traditions, heritage, wisdom, and teachings. Discover this language from Treaty 7 territory and help your students understand the importance of acknowledging the language, land, and stories of the original keepers of the land on which they live and learn.

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Summer Reading for Language Teachers

Enjoying your well-deserved summer break, but always on the lookout for additional language (L+) teaching inspiration? Try one of these books for an enjoyable summer read that will also spark your language teaching mind.

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Discovering Languages: Interview with a Uyghur Speaker

Uyghur is a Turkic language spoken in communities in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan. Read this interview with Emily, a Uyghur speaker, to discover her language and culture.

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Discovering Languages: Using Social Media to Learn and Promote Anishinaabemowin

Discover how speakers are using social media to promote Anishinaabemowin, an Indigenous language in the Algonquian language family. Explore the meaning of “heart berries” and other land-based teachings in your classroom.

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Perspectives on Refugee-Background Students in French Immersion

Many newcomer, multilingual families in Canada are interested in French Immersion (FI) programs. A study by Stephen Davis investigates educators’ perspectives on refugee-background students in FI in hopes of increasing inclusion and support for these students.