The OFLA Annual Conference: Connecting to the World through Languages
April 8-10, 2010
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eileen Glisan
The new president of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Dr. Eileen Glisan, will be the keynote speaker at our April 2010 conference.
Dr. Glisan co-directed the project that created the ACTFL/NCATE Program Standards for the Preparation of Foreign Language Teachers, approved by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in 2002. She is co-author of Teacher's Handbook: Contextualized Language Instruction, a leading methodology text now in its fourth edition. She was the recipient of the 2008 Stephen A. Freeman Award given by NECTFL for the best published article on language teaching techniques that appeared in 2006: “The Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA): Connecting Assessment to Instruction and Learning,” Foreign Language Annals (co-authored). She also received the 2008 Nelson H. Brooks Award for Distinguished Service and Leadership to the Profession, given by NECTFL. We are honored that Dr. Glisan has agreed to share her expertise and energy with us.
Click here to read her first "Message from the President" article on the ACTFL website.
