A few pics from MAFLA 2025. It was such a fun experience to serve as conference chair for two years! The sessions and presenters were nothing short of amazing. Thank you to everyone who helped make this a success!

Thanks for attending and for your great questions!

Ann Arbor World Language teachers are ready to hit the ground running this year! We worked on understanding grammar’s role in our classes and curriculum as well as using resources to draw attention to new grammar. Joe joined me for this trip and we got to see a Diego Rivera mural

Without reinforcement, we forget almost everything we learn, @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social writes. Decades of research show that unless an effort is made to retain new information, 50% of new info disappears within an hour, 75% is gone by the next day, & up to 90% fades away within a week. 🤯 🧵1/7

Better questioning techniques > More questions. Here's an array of options from T @Kasey_Kiehl: theliteracyeffect.com/2025/06/19/i... #BiteSizedPD

Thank you @miwla.bsky.social for hosting a Q&A with @ritzworldlang.bsky.social and I tonight. It was great to connect and talk about grammar and how to approach the shift to prof. based teaching

Massachusetts educators, families, and language advocates: DESE is rethinking graduation requirements. 📣 Now’s the time to tell them—🌍 World Languages must be part of every student’s education. 🗓️ Survey closes June 30 📋 Take the survey: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8327795/S... #WorldLanguagesMatter

Thanks to RIFLA for inviting me to present on my favorite topic last night! It was a fun crowd especially for a Tuesday in May!

🌟 Exciting News! I'm thrilled to be facilitating a workshop for MAFLA's new "Framework in Action" series this summer. See you there! 📅 Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 📍 Location: Northborough, MA 🔗 Register here: mafla.org/pdonline/fra... #MAFLA #FrameworkInAction #ProficiencyBasedInstruction

Catherine Ritz and Mike Travers, authors of "Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching GRAMMAR for Proficiency," join me to talk about the place of grammar in a proficiency-based classroom. #wlclassroompodcast ▶️ pod.fo/e/2d0c4e

Check this out and let us know what you think!

Another great school-wide French Fête in the books! theswellesleyreport.com/2025/04/well... #langchat #Frenchteachers #fle

🎤 Calling all world language educators! Have you submitted your session proposal for the 2025 MAFLA Fall Conference yet? Share your expertise, inspire others, and connect with an incredible community of language teachers. 🌎💬 mafla.org/pdonline/con... 📅 Don’t miss out—deadline April 18! #MAFLA2025

Had the good fortune last week to attend a day-long PD taught by @traversteach.bsky.social on Teaching #grammar in a #proficiency classroom. I did my first PACE lesson with my French 2s with great results! Since sharing is caring, here are my materials. Tell me about your PACE lessons #langsky 📣

Also- one of the biggest ask around making these changes is needing time. This makes me think of @tjeag.bsky.social and @traversteach.bsky.social ACTFL presentation (that you can also catch at NECTFL!)

Putting the final touches on our NECTFL presentation. Come learn about some cool new ways to approach writing instruction. Friday 2/28 at 1:45

I'm looking forward to presenting with my colleague @traversteach.bsky.social at @nectfl.bsky.social sched.co/1voqE

Want to level up student discussions? 💬 See how @gwenblumberg.bsky.social uses the Progression of Talk to scaffold classroom conversation. https://buff.ly/416skXv #EduSky

These handouts help teacher Katherine Efremkin teach her students about cognitive overload—and how to overcome it. 🧠🏋️ Download a template: https://buff.ly/3Q47NMO

Love this article. Simple, yet effective ways to help students self-reflect

Do you use Think-Pair-Share a lot in your classroom? Shake things up with 16 variations on this classic strategy. 🌟

I just registered for retrieval practice on 2/11 with #MAFLA and I'm so excited for it! #langchat

Had a great afternoon working with Concord Carlisle High School starting the curriculum revision process!

Here are 16 ways to spice up the old favorite Think-Pair-Share (which is also great without extra spice!) from @toddfinley.bsky.social : www.edutopia.org/article/thin...

Check out what MAFLA is offering in 2025! mafla.org/pdonline/win...

I’ve been waiting so long to post this! The amazing Catherine Ritz and I are thrilled to debut our book Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching Grammar For Proficiency! We kicked things off today with a book signing at our national language conference ACTFL!

I look forward to facilitating a book study with my department as we dig in & learn more about this ACTFL guiding principle. Thank you, @traversteach.bsky.social & @ritzworldlang.bsky.social for sharing your research and wisdom.

I’m so excited this is finally going to be available! See you at ACTFL!

Trying to navigate change? Feeling frustrated or hitting roadblocks? Change can be hard, and resistance is normal. Mike Travers and I are presenting on this very topic on Fri, 11/22: 1:30 PM #ACTFL24 For a preview, check out this episode on World Language Classroom: wlclassroom.com/2024/10/27/e...

Scrolling through the #ACTFL 24 convention program, there are so many sessions I want to attend. I’m presenting with Mike Travers on Friday at 1:30: CHANGE: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE NECESSARY and again with Mike on Saturday at 10:00 doing an ACTFL side bar on the same topic.