2025 Encuentro de profesorado de español de Alberta

**This session is offered in English.**

Do 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.

**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.

**This session is offered in English.**


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

**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.