LILT Annual Conference 2024

In this interactive workshop, you will learn key strategies to boost your students' performance on the AP Spanish exam. We will dive into effective approaches for preparing students in every section of the exam, offering practical tools you can immediately apply in your classroom. Whether you're helping students reach a score of 3 or pushing them toward a 5, this session will provide you with the insights and techniques to guide your students toward success on test day.This will be for all AP Language teachers but with the focus and example will be in Spanish.

Based off of an idea from TikTok and modified to work in a Middle School Classroom within New York City Publics schools by a teacher with A.D.D. that takes on too much, this workshop shows how one idea to work smarter not harder and negotiate with middle schoolers created an entire classroom community and economy. We will discuss the process of what ARE Bueno Bucks, how they are used, and what processes I put in place to make sure everything runs smoothly.

Being an effective ENL co-teacher takes strategy, adaptability, and a balanced relationship with the content area teacher. Sometimes, ENL teachers feel relegated to the sidelines and unsure how to fulfill their role in a co-taught classroom. This workshop will offer tips, dos and don't, and successful strategies to help foster a collaborative and effective co-teaching experience.

This workshop will explain the steps taken to create and implement a curriculum for Spanish Language Arts 1 course. In addition we will discuss the objectives, methodology, content and strategies to support students to succeed in this course. We will explain the areas of difficulty and improvements that will be taken into consideration to create and implement the curriculum for SLA 2, 3, and 4. Furthermore we will explore innovative strategies for teaching Spanish Language Arts, focusing on the interconnected aspects of student development. Discover how to:
- Foster literacy skills through phonemic awareness, decoding, and fluency techniques
- Develop academic skills through vocabulary building, word analysis, and writing workshops
- Integrate authentic cultural resources and materials to promote cultural awareness and understanding
- Exploring Literature in context (analyzing literature.)
-Preparing students for regents examinations and AP Language and Culture, and Literature and Culture.

If the idea of using a comprehensible novel with your students is daunting, this presentation is for you. Spanish teacher and author, Jennifer Degenhardt, will take you through the necessary steps to plan the novel, La chica nueva. You will be awarded a copy of the novel in the session (other languages available, too) and great ideas to use with it, so you can work to bring the story to life right away! If you’ve been toying with the idea to get into the class novel, you need to join Jen. It will be a good time for sure!

In this workshop we will share strategies to support students with diverse language needs. Participants will learn several tips and tricks to support diverse students on their proficiency journey. We will share examples from our ICT Spanish classroom, including the roles of each co-teachers, including the role of the co-teacher who may not speak the target language and how to manage record keeping associated with IEPs.

As current and future language leaders, we constantly strive to lead, mentor and support our World Language and ENL teachers. Join us for a lively discussion about strategies for supporting our teachers and leading our departments.

In this workshop, we will showcase a collaborative project developed with Stony Brook University and the Three Village Central School District in collaboration with the Italian Consulate in NY. The material and activities, while highly creative and engaging, align with the NYS Standards and can be used with all levels. Participants in the workshop will have access to online resources and methodological guidance to implement the project with their students. While the project was created for Italian language classes , this workshop offers teachers of other languages the opportunity to develop similar projects in their own language.