Spanish OPI Workshop
May 20 to 22, 2015
9am to 5pm
More details available here.
4-day OPI Assessment : Portuguese Workshop
April 23 to 25, 2015
9am to 5pm
ACTFL is pleased to organize an On-site Professional Development Workshop for University
of Utah.
- There is a 10 participant limit for each workshop
- ACTFL must be notified of any changes in the participant list prior to the shipment of training materials
- University of Utah will find 10 volunteer interviewees for this event
Developing & Assessing Cognitive Academic Reading Proficiency
March 6, 2015
9am to 12pm
LECTURE BY DR. ERWIN TSCHIRNER
Reading is the central skill and activity in education. Reading proficiency plays
a critical role in academic second language learning and in acquiring language skills
important for educational contexts which Cummins (1979) labeled cognitive academic
language proficiency. The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 – Reading facilitate a
new look at the development and assessment of reading and its importance for the development
of general second language proficiency. In this presentation, I review research on
the developmental relationship between reading, listening, speaking, and writing,
and propose curricular goals informed by the notion that the development of reading
proficiency plays a central role in an academic foreign language curriculum.
More details available here.
Designing a Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum
October 4, 2014
Cynthia Martin, University of Maryland
Developing & Assessing Cognitive Academic Reading Proficiency
September 23, 2014
3:30 pm to 5:00pm
LNCO # 2110
255 S. Central Campus Dr., Utah
More details available here.
Summer Language Teacher Workshops
July 28 - August 1, 2014
9:00 am to 3:30 pm
255 S. Central Campus Dr.
LNCO Building, U of U Campus
More details available here.