"Yes They Can!" - Creating learning objectives for our language learners

The Language Center and Committee on Second Language Education (ComSLE) is pleased to announce a one-day workshop for all CLA language instructors (P/A's and graduate students) on February 28th, 2014 (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.).

At this workshop participants will create "can-do" statements for each major curriculum level of a language that fulfills the CLA language requirement.

Donna Clementi, world language methods instructor at Lawrence University, is a well known consultant and national speaker on curriculum, assessment development and exploring culture through the target language. She recently retired from Concordia Language Villages where she served in numerous positions for over 30 years, including Dean of the French Village and more recently as Director of Education and Research. She received the ACTFL Florence Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Education (K-12) and the Central States Founders Award. Together with CARLA's Ursula Lentz, she conducts an annual CARLA summer institute on language assessment and curricular design. She is a co-author with Laura Terrill of the recent book, "The Keys to Planning for Learning: Effective Curriculum, Unit, and Lesson Design", published by ACTFL.

Donna Clementi will guide us through the process of defining what students are expected to demonstrate in the target language upon completion of each level of the beginning and intermediate curriculum. By the end of this workshop, instructors will have produced extensive "can-do" statements for each level incorporating the ACTFL National Standards and articulating the role that language courses play in the intellectual and personal development of students in the undergraduate curriculum.

Friday, February 28th, 8:30a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided
Coffman Union, Mississippi Room (3rd Floor)

Feel free to bring a laptop or tablet (not required).

We will create a Moodle site for all participants to help prepare for the event and to share the statements for further revision and refinement subsequent to the workshop. Look for the email inviting you to the course.

Please register here by February 14th (Friday). If you have any questions, you can contact Caroline Vang at cevang@umn.edu.