"“If we start training for sports at a young age, why not languages? Can you imagine if a high school quarterback had to start freshman year? It doesn’t make sense.”
Student Participant in Wisconsin’s First Global Youth Summit
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Wisconsin's First Global Youth Summit
Watch the Global Youth Summit Video and view photos.
Join the conversation on Facebook.
Read the official press release for the Youth Summit here.
Read a compilation of articles on the summit:
- Summit lets teens have say on internationalizing education.
- Wisconsin high school students address 'global citizenship.'
- What students want in their schools, communities.
- Discussion Guide #1: What makes someone a global citizen?
- Discussion Guide #2: How can your school community become more 'global?'
World Languages, Common Core Standards, and Disciplinary Literacy
For resources and discussion, click here.
Teacher Effectiveness: The “TELL Project – Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning”
Provides excellent “ I can…” statements for world language teachers. These can be used by individual teachers for self-monitoring and improvement as well as by school and district world language departments as a professional development tool.
ECB World Language Assessment: Get in the Mode!
World Language Statutory Requirements
World Language Requirements at Wisconsin Colleges and Universities
University Foreign Language Retroactive Credit Policies
World Language Learning Resources
Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers
Visit the WAFLT website to learn more about Language Educator Development E-Learning (LEDE) Modules, Wisconsin LinguaFolio, Public Relations, and the PDP Partnership and Mentoring Programs.
For more information, contact:
Gerhard Fischer or phone: (608) 267-9265
FAX: (608) 266-1965