It's never too early to plan ahead! Mark your
calendars for Saturday, February 11, 2012! The
Annual SCFLTA conference will again be held at
Brookland Conference Center, West Columbia, SC.
Stay tuned for more information! Key note
speaker information can be found
here.
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Don't forget to
encourage your colleagues to join! Also, check
out the professional development page
periodically for new and exciting opportunities!
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Click
here for information regarding the State
Department of Education's Standards and
resources.
NEWS!
**ATTENTION** BE SURE TO PAY YOUR 2012 SCFLTA DUES!!
YOU CAN CLICK
HERE TO
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THE MEMBERSHIP FORM!
Visit the Advocacy page to get information on an
amazing, new initiative for French!!
SCFLTA
Billboard Project!
Click on the image!
Discover the Possibilities
Languages at Work!
SCFLTA
would like to recognize Ruta Couet for being recognized
as the State Supervisor of the Year for 2011 by the
National Council of State Supervisors for Languages in
November. Ruta serves as the South Carolina World
Languages Associate at the SC Department of Education.
She is a valuable liaison for language teachers
througout the state, and a valued member of the SCFLTA
board! Congratulations, Ruta, on this well-deserved
recognition!
Mission
Welcome to the web site of the South Carolina Foreign
Language Teachers’ Association!
We hope this web site
provides you with the
information you need to keep up with what is happening
across our state with regards to foreign language instruction.
We hope you find the newly redesigned site easy to navigate
and full of the information you need most. You will
find links to information about upcoming conferences,
workshop and other professional opportunities. In addition
you will find an important link to our new “Advocacy”
page which will offer you tips on how to best support
foreign language
programs at the local, state, regional and national
levels.
This web site is for you, the teachers in South Carolina,
so don’t hesitate to contact us if there is something
you would like to see on the site. We are happy to promote
what is going on in your individual schools and districts!
Again, Welcome, and happy surfing!
SCFLTA Conference
2012- Workshop Presenter and Speaker- John De Mado
The focus of the workshops conducted by
John De Mado centers on core language acquisition issues: how
the human mind creates language, how to assess language
performance, how to include more students in the process,
distinguishing between ‘proficiency’ and ‘mastery’, the role of
‘error’ in the language acquisition process, literacy, etc.
John’s
workshops are Socratic in nature; that is, they are designed to
provoke thought, spark collegial debate and serve as a catalyst
for change. Their purpose is not to tell the participants how to
teach, but rather to engage them reflectively in the ‘world of
ideas’.
As
the name implies, these are ‘language’ seminars drawn from the
discipline of Applied Linguistics, not ‘methodology’ workshops.
A given teacher’s methods are only as good as his/her belief
system and organizing linguistic principles.
