In World Language teaching, there are many complementary and conflicting ideas about the right way to teach, and sometimes even about what our goals are for students.
She started her career with Foreign Language Teaching Certification and a BA in Spanish from Agnes Scott College in Atlanta and is worKing toward an EdD in Curriculum & Instruction at Georgia College & State University..
Her classroom serves Students across academic, economic, linguistic, and ethnic spectra.
Megan King is in her second decade teaching Spanish in middle Georgia public high schools.
In addition to explaining how the philosophy of design is integral to World Language teaching and learning, readers will benefit from practical examples, models, and reflection questions that they can use immediately to increase student engagement in World Language learning.
Using the framework of the Schlechty Center\'s Design Qualities, this book guides World Language teachers to craft the kinds of lessons that help student learning take flight.
Students and teachers share a common goal of Language proficiency, but teachers can only design the right work to meet that Proficiency goal by focusing on the qualities that motivate and engage the Students in their classrooms.
In World Language teaching, there are many complementary and conflicting ideas about the right way to teach, and sometimes even about what our goals are for students