Upcoming Events
Get Fluent with Art: Identity, Culture and Second Language Acquisition
A Saturday program co-sponsored by the Capital Foreign Language Project and the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco
- Date: Oct. 29, 2011
- Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Location: DeYoung Museum, San Francisco
- Cost: $60 (includes museum entrance, program, program materials, and lunch; transportation and parking are the responsibility of the participant)
- Informational Flyer
2nd Annual FLAGS Member Reception
Celebrate the start of the new year and your membership in FLAGS with a reception at Buca di Beppo on Howe Ave, in Sacramento. All are welcome. See below for cost information.
Date: Sept. 9, 2011
Time: 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Cost: Free for FLAGS members; $20 for non-members (which includes your membership in FLAGS through 2012)
FLAGS Fall Workshop 2011: Introducing the 21st Century Skills World Languages Map
Participants will learn about the new document that aligns the Framework for 21st Century Skills (created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills) with world language classroom activities and assessments. This map clarifies exactly how the 21st century skills can be maximized in world language classes. Participants will receive a copy of the document and will also have multiple opportunities to collaborate with other participants to create additional student activities for their classes aligned to this document.
Date: Oct. 22, 2011
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.)
Location: Bella Vista High School Room B-15
Cost: $5 for FLAGS members; $25 for non-members (which includes your membership in FLAGS for 2011-2012)
Registration: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=ctjnt
FLAGS Winter Conference 2012
Reading Strategies for World Language Teachers
Come to a hands-on session to learn engaging strategies to help ALL students succeed when reading authentic articles, short stories, novels, and other documents. Strategies shared are gleaned from latest research to address diverse learning styles and special needs and are transferable to students' other subject areas.
Date: Jan. 28, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.)
Location: Bella Vista High School Room B-15
Cost: $5 for FLAGS members; $25 for non-members (which includes your membership in FLAGS for 2011-2012)
Registration: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=ctjnn
Discover Languages Webcast!
Check back in 2011-2012 for our third "marathon" webcast about the benefits of language study and proficiency. We would love your--or your students'-- participation. We are planning for lots of ways people can join us "in studio" at Bella Vista High School, including multilingual poetry readings, gameshows, fun with multilingual tongue twisters, songs, etc. Participants will also be able to participate from home or work via our "live chat" window or by calling our Skype line. Finally, we will once again interview individuals about the importance of language proficiency to them personally, or for their companies and organizations.
Please contact Nicole Naditz ASAP to participate. Your help spreading the word to your friends, colleagues and students will make this a success! We need you to encourage students to join us in studio, and tell everyone you know about the opportunity to be interviewed. You never know: one of your Facebook friends may work for a company impacted by language proficiency!
Read Around the World is back for 2011-2012
- Partnership between FLAGS and the branches of the Sacramento Public Library since 2005.
- Give your students an authentic opportunity to practice their reading and speaking skills in front of a real audience.
- Advocate for your program: participation gives you an opportunity to make your language program visible in the community.
- No financial cost to participate...time and enthusiasm are the only requirements
- Grants available to FLAGS members purchase additional books and/or supplies for your program. Deadline to apply for grant from FLAGS to buy supplies and/or books: TBA
- Mandatory orientation for teachers new to Read Around the World (whether or not they applied for a grant): TBA
- Detailed information on the program coming soon
- Contact: Nicole Naditz
Sacramento County Fair World Language Projects
Submission and Judging (for 2011-2012)
- Deadline to apply for grant from FLAGS to pay for 10 student entries: TBA
- Deadline to submit forms and payment to enter student work in County Fair: TBA
- Date to drop off student work at County Fair: TBA
- Date and time to judge projects: TBA
- Date to pick up work after the County Fair: TBA
- Contact: Nicole Naditz
Student Awards Breakfast
- April 28, 2012
- Location: TBA
- 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Each member may honor one student. FLAGS will provide breakfast, a certificate and a small prize for each student. The breakfast is for the teacher, the student and two guests of the student.
- Online registration and an invitation you can print will be posted closer to the event.
- Contact: Inga Templeton
California Language Teachers' Association Conference
- Los Angeles, CA
- March 15-18, 2012
- Information and registration at http://www.clta.net.
Date of the Discover Languages event at the State Fair: TBA
- student and adult volunteers needed to cover shifts starting at 10:00 a.m. and ending at 10:00 p.m.
- air-conditioned, indoor venue
- Limited number of positions available
- New for 2011: FLAGS will ensure that all volunteers receive a complimentary entrance ticket to the fair.
- Fun, interactive volunteering. Play games from around the world with fair visitors. Only English is necessary (but those who speak other languages, especially Spanish, sometimes get an opportunity to practice their skills during the event).
- Students may get community service credit for their participation.
- Contact: Nicole Naditz