Implementing Reflective Practices and Portfolios in the Language Classroom to Enhance Proficiency
June 27–July 29, 2022
Asynchronous* 5-week online summer institute
Includes required synchronous meetings each week
This summer institute is
co–sponsored by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS), University of Oregon.
Goal setting and reflective practices are critical components of improved outcomes in world language classrooms. In the first part of this institute, participants will examine the reflective cycle developed by the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL), empirical findings related to goal setting and language portfolio use, and a series of practical approaches to implementing reflective practice in the classroom. Next, participants will experience, examine, and design their own learning scenarios that yield higher-order cognitive and social engagement for learners. They will then draw explicit connections between these scenarios and language portfolio use.
After this institute, you will be able to:
- Develop and outline an approach for implementing reflective practices and portfolio use in the world language classroom;
- Employ effective epistemological routines to support portfolio use in the world language classroom;
- Create learning scenarios that promote reflection and higher-order cognitive and social engagement for learners; and
- Connect learning scenario activities to portfolio use and implementation.
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Program
Schedule
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| Week 1 | Introduction to the Reflective Cycle and Goal Setting
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| Week 2 | Assessment and Evidence: Crafting Classroom Experiences with Learning Targets in Mind
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| Week 3 | Strategies: Empowering Language Learners
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| Week 4 |
Thinking Routines and Critical Dispositions
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| Week 5 |
Connecting Classroom Experiences to Portfolio Use
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Instructors
Stephanie Knight
Julie Sykes
Stephanie Knight holds an M.A. in Latin American studies from the University of New Mexico. Stephanie is motivated by increasing educational access for under-represented populations of students in advanced secondary contexts and post-secondary contexts. She has presented nationally and internationally on best practices for planning, instruction, professional collaboration, and the intentional incorporation of digital tools in the world language classroom.
Julie Sykes earned her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She is the Director of CASLS and an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on applied linguistics and second language acquisition with an emphasis on technological and pedagogical innovation for interlanguage pragmatic development and intercultural competence. She has taught courses on second language teaching and learning, methodology and research, language learning and technology, Hispanic linguistics, and interlanguage pragmatic development.
This summer institute is generously co-sponsored and co-staffed by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) at the University of Oregon.
Target Audience
This institute is open to teachers of all languages at all levels who are interested in the incorporation of reflective practices and portfolios in the language classroom.
*IMPORTANT NOTES FOR THIS ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE INSTITUTE:
- This institute is primarily asynchronous (not real time). For the most part, you will work on activities according to your own schedule during the week but there are preset deadlines for activities.
- You must keep up with assignments each week as they build on each other. Many assignments involve facilitation from the instructor and/or collaboration with other participants.
- This institute includes several required check-in/discussion synchronous sessions: Mondays and Fridays at 10–11 a.m. (Central Time). Due to the July 4 holiday, the institute will meet on Tuesday, July 5, at the regularly scheduled time rather than Monday, July 4.
- Make sure you can meet the tech requirements for this institute.
