This roundtable is co-sponsored by the Language Center and CARLA will feature several University of Minnesota language instructors who will showcase a wide range of practical teaching ideas that they gleaned from taking a CARLA Summer Institute. 

Participants will learn how to develop grading practices which promote language growth and offer every learner the chance to succeed.

This presentation provides an update on CARLA’s Equity and Access to State Seals of Biliteracy initiative. After a brief overview of the national landscape with respect to seals of biliteracy, this talk showcases the recently completed national toolkit to support and advocate for seals locally and nationally. 

This engaging workshop has been designed to give language teachers practical skills and knowledge to use AI tools to enhance their teaching and plan lessons more effectively. 

This presentation details a curricular unit from a content-based French course titled “Food Insecurity in the Francophone World.” The speaker highlights ways in which he negotiated language foci for the unit by consulting data from a student preferences survey, student performance on a diagnostic quiz, and a linguistic analysis of the unit’s summative performance task.

Save money on a CARLA Summer Institute by registering by the super early-bird registration deadline: February 28, 2025. 

This workshop will share a variety of instructional strategies for secondary dual language immersion that can be used in any discipline - and with any language - to teach language while also engaging with content concepts.

This study compares two case studies of Spanish heritage language learners in study abroad programs. Findings reveal that program design, including host family engagement and community service, significantly influences language use and integration.

This CARLA presentation shows how teacher educators can provide teachers with the knowledge and analytical skills to determine what the learners in their classrooms do and don't know, and the understanding of how and when to adjust their teaching to best help them.

This collaborative workshop is designed for language educators who are familiar with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and are ready to take the next step to craft policies for how AI will be used in their own classrooms.