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Schenker, Theresa; Kraemer, Angelika – NECTFL Review, 2022
A digital escape room is a gamified activity in which students work collaboratively to solve a series of tasks or riddles within a certain amount of time. They are typically embedded in a story framework at the end of which students need to "escape" an imaginary scenario. Students explore the target culture while using the target…
Descriptors: Gamification, Educational Games, Puzzles, Problem Solving
Fowler, Samantha – NECTFL Review, 2022
Target language speaking competence is a skill both students and world language teachers desire to develop, yet it is often one of the weakest areas observed in secondary classrooms (Thompson & Mutton, 2022). To help improve student willingness to speak, educators should understand what intrinsically and extrinsically motivates learners. The…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Fluency
Angrist, Mira – NECTFL Review, 2022
This article describes how to help students connect what they learn in the language classroom to the outside world as they learn to understand, produce, and analyze spoken, written, visual, and cultural information in their second language (L2). As learners make connections between course material and the physical and virtual spaces where the L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Art, Physical Environment
Trebiocchi, Chiara – NECTFL Review, 2022
Post-communicative methodologies nowadays provide instructors with multiple curricular models to reimagine their syllabi, design creative assignments, and prepare their lessons. Yet, challenging topics are still often avoided, fearing students' limited language proficiency. Conversely, compelling content--carefully presented and pedagogically…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Course Descriptions
Lamb, Maureen; Orlando, Michael – NECTFL Review, 2022
How can teachers create opportunities for student choice while using the Integrated Performance Assessment framework? Differentiation of assessment allows students to have greater agency over their learning and bolster their proficiency journey. Additionally, by utilizing a framework for student engagement in a personalized learning model,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Evaluation, Personal Autonomy, Web Based Instruction
Schmidt-Rinehart, Barbara C.; LeLoup, Jean W. – NECTFL Review, 2022
An accurate portrayal of contemporary Spanish in Costa Rica necessitates the inclusion of a discussion of forms of address. Costa Rica is commonly listed among the countries that include "voseo" as part of its pronominal paradigm. The present descriptive study elucidates the sociolinguistic reality of "voseo" in Costa Rica and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spanish, Language Variation, Language Usage
Moltchanov, Barbara – NECTFL Review, 2021
This article examines the development, delivery, and outcomes of a year-long, collaborative, professional development (PD) program for 33 K-16 world language educators who taught in the State of Delaware. This work was prompted (in part) by Delaware's publication of its World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Delaware Department of…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Faculty Development
Biondi, Megan – NECTFL Review, 2021
This paper explores the implementation of student-centered and social justice-based teaching methods that promote a classroom atmosphere of equity, inclusion, and positivity by prioritizing students' emotional and psychological well-being in relation to the course content. This paper argues that creating a classroom atmosphere in which students…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Inclusion, Community Colleges, College Second Language Programs
Ritz, Catherine – NECTFL Review, 2021
Although standards for world language education have brought forth a needed shift in instructional practices--moving from traditional to communicative, proficiency-based methods--research suggests that many teachers have yet to modify their practices. This study follows three teachers at the K-12 level who attended a summer professional…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Faculty Development, Teacher Competencies, Program Effectiveness
Enhancing Study Abroad: Interventions for Greater Language Proficiency and Intercultural Development
Erickson, Lars; Berka, Sigrid; Hu, Xiaoyan; Castro, Zoila – NECTFL Review, 2020
This paper describes an experiential education course designed to enhance student learning while abroad. Studies have shown that students studying abroad need specific interventions in order to profit fully from the immersive experience. The article describes a sequence of task-based interventions designed to prompt students to engage with the…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Experiential Learning
Dion, Sheri – NECTFL Review, 2020
This narrative inquiry explored how world language teachers interpret, rationalize, and integrate multiple forms of diversity in the instruction of culture. In this investigation, 17 instructors at one independent secondary school in the northeastern United States were interviewed. Findings suggest that most participants (15 of 17) incorporate…
Descriptors: Diversity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Teachers
Papa, Erin L. – NECTFL Review, 2020
This paper explores the policies and ideologies affecting language education in Rhode Island, where as a result of a State Language Roadmap, groups are working at the grassroots level toward the implementation of dual language immersion in all public school districts. The author points out that while the push from business for multilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language Minorities, Immersion Programs, Public Schools
Salavert, Roser; Szalkiewicz, Dana – NECTFL Review, 2020
The Seal of Biliteracy is an official state award that recognizes high school seniors who graduate with demonstrated proficiency in English and one or more other world languages. The policies and practices that support the Seal of Biliteracy promote twenty-first century skills and intercultural communication competencies that are critical in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Literacy, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Kissau, Scott – NECTFL Review, 2020
The critical shortage of foreign language teachers in the United States is well documented, and it was recently reported by ACTFL (2017) to be the worst on record. Exacerbating this shortage is declining enrollment in foreign language teacher training programs that serve as a pipeline to the profession. Even more troublesome, in response to…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Enrollment Trends, Trend Analysis, Language Teachers
Asay, Danielle T.; Martinsen, Rob A.; Bateman, Blair E.; Erickson, Robert G. – NECTFL Review, 2019
This survey study gathered data from 63 secondary school teachers of six different foreign languages in the state of Utah. The study describes how secondary FL teachers viewed the role of culture in language teaching, the models and methods they used to teach culture, and their attention to culture in their lesson planning, instruction, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods