RIFLA General membership meeting and Awards Night (07 May 2026)

Thu, 07 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT

You are warmly invited to attend the RIFLA General Membership Annual Meeting. This gathering is an opportunity for all members to come together to mingle, stay informed, and get involved in the future of our organization.

Agenda:

Greetings and introductions from the current RIFLA Board
Treasurer’s Report
RIDE Update
Membership Update
2026–2027 Programming Update
2026–2027 Slate – Accepting Nominations
Coalition for a Multilingual RI Update
Music, Mingle, and Merch
RIFLA Awards 2026 Winners

We encourage all members to attend, participate, and share in this important annual event. Your voice and involvement are vital to our continued growth and success.
Feel free to bring a world language colleague who is not yet a member, to get acquainted with RIFLA.

Light refreshments will be served.

The event takes place at the East Greenwich High School Library,
at 300 Avenger Drive, East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

We look forward to seeing you there!

RSVP by May 5th.

Decolonizing Language Teaching: Linguistic Variants in the World Language Classroom (12 May 2026)

Tue, 12 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Learn about practiced strategies to teach language diversity through linguistic variants. From decolonizing curriculum to actively including heritage students, leaning into the diversity within the language you teach makes your class a more inclusive place for all students and helps prepare students to navigate the real world of a language.

Hear from a French teacher and a Spanish teacher who show how to intentionally integrate different accents and dialects into the curriculum using authentic resources and experiences.

Elaine Bernardino teaches Middle School Spanish and High School French in East Greenwich, RI. Elaine is from Brazil, where she taught French and Portuguese as first and second languages. Having a background in International Relations, she is passionate about plurilingualism and multilingualism, as well as interdisciplinarity in language teaching and the social impact of language policies.

Alex Nunnelly teaches high school Spanish at Moses Brown School in Providence, RI. Originally from MA, Alex first taught French before moving to Chile where he learned Spanish. Alex strives to teach culture, history, and politics as much as language in his classroom, helping students to learn about the Spanish-speaking world in the target language.

Active RIFLA members gain 1 PLU for attending this webinar.

RIFLA upcoming events

RIFLA General membership meeting and Awards Night (07 May 2026)

Decolonizing Language Teaching: Linguistic Variants in the World Language Classroom (12 May 2026)