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Événements à venir
Club de lecture interactif
pour améliorer l’enseignement et l’évaluation des compétences orales
Ce club sera l’occasion de discuter des activités proposées dans le manuel, de les expérimenter en salle de classe, puis de venir partager le fruit de nos expériences.
Avec la participation de l’autrice, Josée Le Bouthillier
Rabais: Toustes les participant·es peuvent recevoir un bon-commande avec un rabais de 20% sur le livre. Attention: Vous devez utiliser le bon de commande pour recevoir le rabais. Inscrivez-vous au club et on vous enverra le bon de commande à utiliser.
Remboursement: De plus, la BCLCA remboursera un manuel par conseil scolaire au ou à la coordonnatrice de langues (ou autre personne désignée par celle-ci) qui aura participé au club.
Horaire des rencontres: Les mardis de 15h30 à 16h30 en ligne: 13 janvier, 24 février, 14 avril, 2 juin
Sur le manuel: 70 activités motivantes pour évaluer la compétence orale s’adresse aux enseignants et enseignantes qui souhaitent dynamiser leur pratique et placer la compétence orale au cœur de l’apprentissage. Conçu par Josée Le Bouthillier, en collaboration avec les chercheurs de l’Institut de recherche en langues secondes du Canada (IRL2C) et d’experts de l’immersion, cet ouvrage propose des activités variées, concrètes et fondées sur la recherche. Chacune d’elles offre une façon simple et efficace de relier l’enseignement de la compétence orale à son évaluation formative, tout en favorisant le progrès continu des élèves.
Accessible, pratique et inspirant, ce guide est un allié précieux pour quiconque désire faire croître chez les jeunes la confiance et les compétences nécessaires pour s’exprimer avec aisance en langue seconde. Il s’inscrit dans la collection reconnue des 70 activités motivantes, une initiative de l’Association canadienne des professionnels de l’immersion (ACPI).
Événements passés
Les clés du Coordinateur de langues : Une plongée profonde
Boostez les services en langues modernes dans votre conseil scolaire !
La BCLCA vous invite à une série de 4 webinaires conçus pour les nouveaux coordinateurs et ceux qui sont désireux de bonifier l’offre de services de leur département des langues modernes.
Rejoignez Joanne Brunel et Trish Kolber dès le 8 octobre à 15h30 pour des discussions pratiques et inspirantes sur un grand nombre des responsabilités et possibilités de ce rôle important.
Télécharger les ressources:
Les clés du coordinateur – session 1 (PDF | PowerPoint)
Les clés du coordinateur – session 2 (PDF | PowerPoint)
Les clés du coordinateur – session 3 (PDF | PowerPoint)
Les clés du coordinateur – session 4 (PDF | PowerPoint)
BCLCA Book Club with Dr. Bill VanPatten
BCLCA BookClub 2024-2025: Language Acquisition in a Nutshell, BvP
The BC Language Coordination Association hosted a book club during which Dr. Bill VanPatten’s book, Language Acquisition in a Nutshell was discussed.
This video is a compilation summaries of the four chapter of this book.
This Book Club is hosted by:
- Franzi Karlen, EdD, School District No. 73, Kamloops-Thompson
- Michelle Metcalfe, School District No. 45, West Vancouver
About the 2024-2025 Bookclub
Dates & Chapters:
- Thursday, October 17, 2024: Chapter 1
- Thursday, November 28, 2024: Chapter 2
- Thursday, January 23, 2025: Chapter 3
- Thursday, February 20, 2025: Chapter 4
- Thursday, March 13, 2025: Meet Dr. Bill VanPatten!
–> Listen to past sessions recordings
Time & Location:
- 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- On Zoom. Sessions will be recorded. The link will be emailed out closer to the event.
Who is Invited to the BCLCA Book Club?
Anyone interested in how we actually acquire languages as opposed to teach or learn them, and how we can create these favorable language acquisition conditions in our own classrooms.
Investment:
This Book Club is sponsored by the BCLCA (BC Language Coordination Association) and is FREE to all participants.
Please order your own copy of the book through Indigo, Amazon or ACTFL. If you attend all five BCLCA Book Club sessions (live or video recording) and you are an educator in BC, you will get fully reimbursed for your book at the end of the BCLCA Book Club. Please keep your receipt. More information will follow.
Your BCLCA Book Club Hosts:
- Michelle Metcalfe: Michelle a highly knowledgeable and experienced language teacher in the West Vancouver School District who has been teaching successfully with Communicative Comprehensible Input-Based strategies since 2010. She has met BvP and Steven Krashen at numerous conferences. Michelle is a Linguistics Major and a graduate of SFU and has a passion for linguistic theory and Second Language Acquisition and their applications in the classroom.
- Dr. Fränzi Karlen: Fränzi is the Language Coordinator for SD73, Kamloops-Thompson. She is committed to raising awareness of and promote methods compatible with language acquisition theory. Fränzi speaks four languages fluently and has been an educator for over 32 years. Fränzi is a member of the Executive Committee of the BCLCA.
Our Commitment to You:
Your Hosts are committed to facilitating a friendly, safe, engaging and fun Book Club environment.
Format of the BCLCA Book Club:
At the beginning of each Book Club session, the Hosts will provide a brief summary of the chapter to refresh our memory. The majority of Book Club time will be spent discussing the implications of our reading, including our questions and “yeah-buts. ” Thank you for coming to Book Club prepared as it will allow us to have a conversation at a much higher level.
The BCLCA Book Club will be conducted in English.
How to Prepare for the BCLCA Book Club:
Please come to the BCLCA Book Club having read the designated chapter (see Dates & Chapters above). Each chapter is about 30 pages short and is written in an easy-to-read, engaging and practical manner.
Summary of the book, Language Acquisition in a Nutshell:
Language Acquisition in a Nutshell: A Primer for Teachers will be your definitive guide on second languages and how they are acquired. Written in an easy-to-understand tone with an occasional touch of light-heartedness, Language Acquisition in a Nutshell is made for both teachers and teachers in training. It will show you new ways to think about second-language acquisition, while providing practical ways to implement your new insights. Language Acquisition in a Nutshell does not tell teachers how to teach or what to teach. Rather, the authors help teachers be as informed as possible as they make decisions about what they do and what they expect of their learners— and perhaps what they expect of themselves. (Published 2022, ISBN-13: 978-1942544760)
