2025 Encuentro de profesorado de español de Alberta: Full Schedule

Join us for a dynamic, full-day professional development experience designed to equip Spanish language teachers with innovative strategies to enhance student learning.

To make the most of your experience, please read the title and description of each session carefully before selecting. Some sessions will be conducted in Spanish, while others will be in English.

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10:45am MDT

FIRST VS. SECOND LANGUAGE PROCESSING: WHAT NEUROSCIENCE REVEALS FOR THE CLASSROOM

Saturday May 3, 2025 10:45am - 11:30am MDT

Room 5

**This session is offered in English.**

As you ever wonder: how does the brain process language? and if the brain distinguishes first language (L1) differently from a second language (L2)? What challenges and advantages do bilingual and language-learning students face? This session explores the neuroscience behind language acquisition, comparing the brain mechanisms involved in L1 and L2 processing and their implications for teaching.

Speakers

Getze Uscanga

Saturday May 3, 2025 10:45am - 11:30am MDT
Room 5

K-12, Spanish Language Arts

11:45am MDT

NEUROLINGUISTIC APPROACH FOR SUCCESSFUL ORAL COMMUNICATION

Saturday May 3, 2025 11:45am - 12:30pm MDT

Room 5

**This session is offered in Spanish.**

The Neurolinguistic Approach is a new way to consider teaching and learning language, created by Canadian pedagogues Claude Germain and Joan Netten. The goal is to create in the classroom the necessary conditions to help students to communicate in the L+ with spontaneity.

Speakers

Abdel Rassi Mendez

Edmonton Catholic Schools

Angela Amaya

Saturday May 3, 2025 11:45am - 12:30pm MDT
Room 5

K-12, Spanish Language Arts

1:30pm MDT

CROSS CURRICULAR INTEGRATION

Saturday May 3, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm MDT

Room 5

**This session is offered in English.**

Reinforcing knowledge in one language while applying it in another subject in the second language.

Speakers

Ludmila Thwaites

Saturday May 3, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm MDT
Room 5

K-6, Spanish Language Arts

2:30pm MDT

LISTENING STRATEGIES AND TASKS IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE CLASS

Saturday May 3, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm MDT

Room 5

**This session is offered in Spanish.**

Listening is perhaps the skill that poses most challenges to second language (L2) learners. At the same time, it is arguably the skill that receives the least attention in the L2 classroom. In this session, we will begin with an overview of the importance of input for language learning. Then, we will present a model for listening instruction that aligns with communicative approaches to language pedagogy by combining principles of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and learning strategy instruction. With the use of examples, we will discuss practical ideas to develop active listening skills and promote learner autonomy.

Speakers

Xavier Gutierrez

Jesús Toapanta

Saturday May 3, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm MDT
Room 5

K-12, Spanish Language Arts

2025 Encuentro de profesorado de español de Alberta