Resources

Resources are an indispensable life-line to teachers, providing essential support and enrichment for their educational endeavours. We are constantly on the lookout for high-quality information in a variety of media formats, including books, articles, videos, and interactive tools, to share with our members. These resources help educators stay informed, inspired, and equipped with the latest teaching strategies and knowledge, ensuring they can offer the best possible learning experiences to their students. By curating and disseminating these valuable materials, we aim to foster a community of well-supported and continually growing educators.

BCATML Workshops for Teachers

The BCATML offers Professional Development for its members upon request. If you would like to request one of the following workshops, please send a request to psac51@bctf.ca including the name of the workshop that you would like presented, proposed dates, and in which city you would like it to be presented. The BCATML requests that your school district cover any TTOC costs for the presenter(s) and/or honorarium for the presenter(s) before requesting any of the workshops below:

Teaching Introductory French with Confidence

Elementary Core French - Grade 5-7

In this new world of on-line, blended and in-person learning there is a way to teach Elementary Core French in a gentle way to support your students.
No matter your own level of French fluency, I will share with you some of my ideas of how to include French learning that you can present to your students tomorrow.
There will also be space to hear from one another as we are all in this together.

Strategies for maximizing participation in language classes

Intermediate Elementary and High School second language teachers

If you are looking for a more student centred language class, there are strategies to give the students the opportunity to speak and write most of the time. These strategies involve using the same kinds of activities you currently do but changing the way the activities are structured. Some of the strategies are well known but others offer a fresh approach.

Fostering a Growth Mindset with Standards-based Assessment and Reflection

Mandarin / English – Grade 8-12

How do we shift from primarily assessing students’ knowledge of discrete grammar and vocabulary to one that aims for authentic communicative performance and lifelong learning? Which rubrics, assessment tools, instructions, and practices can inspire and motivate learners to express themselves in the target language and develop their critical thinking skills along their journey to acquiring a new language? This workshop attempts to rejuvenate standards-based assessment and reflection by sharing classroom practices and learner samples, and offer hands-on activities to experience and reflect on how assessments can impact current practices. Participates will take home some useful materials and strategies to develop an action plan.

Using Inquiry-based Language Learning Process to Inspire, Engage and Transfer

Mandarin / English – Grade 8-12

If you are looking for ways to engage and inspire learners in language learning and cultural exploration, come to this session to experience the advantages of employing an inquiry language-learning process for empowering language proficiency and cultural understanding. This presentation focuses on infusing cultural understanding and appreciation into Mandarin learning and covers the following:
1) Effective strategies through practical and interactive learner-centered activities to make language learning and cultural understanding more relevant, authentic, and meaningful in real lives.
2) Various resources found in daily teaching materials, online and from the local community.
3) A demo activity to try out the inquiry-based approach of integrating cultural components into the process of language teaching and learning.