Table of Contents

The
Language Educator
august 2012 | volume 7 | issue 4
Features
18
Announcing the Winners of the
2012 TLE Photo Contest
RegisteR by OctObeR 24!
Everything You Need to
Know About the 2012
ACTFL Convention and
World Languages Expo in
Philadelphia, PA
Focus on the 5 Cs
of the National
Standards:
Connections
Why Students
Continue with
Language Study at
Higher Levels
Collaboration
Tools for Language
Educators
Bringing Formative
Assessment to Life
40
2012 TLE Photo
Contest Winners
Creating a Target
Language Classroom
Library
Beyond Requirements: WHY
DO STUDENTS CONTINUE WITH
LANGUAGE STUDY?
ON THE COVER:
The winning shot in our recent photo contest
submitted by Wendi Loup (photographer: Gloria
Ramirez): Pre-K French and Spanish classes
at Baton Rouge International School learned
about butterfly metamorphosis. They began in
April 2012 and watched five butterflies mature.
In May, they celebrated “El Festival de Las
Mariposas,” and let the butterflies go. Find out
more about the contest winners on p. 18.
David Jahner
26
Join us in Philadelphia at the
2012 ACTFL Annual Convention
and World Languages Expo
volume 7 | issue 4
august 2012
44
YOUR TECHNOLOGY PRIMER—
COLLABORATION TOOLS:
Coming Together to Further
Language Learning Using Wikis
and Google Docs
Departments
President’s Message
ACTFL President Dave McAlpine
7
Breaking News
8
BriefBits11
Tech Talk
12
The Savvy Traveler
14
Inside ACTFL
22
So You Say
30
In Memoriam
49
Legislative Look
54
Web Watch
60
Upcoming Events Calendar
62
Advertiser Index
63
32
MORE THAN A DECADE OF
STANDARDS: How to
Integrate “Connections” in
Your Language Instruction
Sandy Cutshall
36
POP QUIZ: How Well Do YOU
Know the “Connections”
Goal Area of the National
Standards?
Patricia Koning
50
IN THE CLASSROOM: Bringing
Formative Assessment to Life
in the Language Classroom
Sally Warner Read and
Kristy Placido
58
THE IDEA BOX: Building a
Classroom Target Language
Library
K. David Beal
Marketplace63
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