March Webinar: "On Becoming a Comprehensible Teacher"
Adopting natural approaches to teaching languages could be intimidating, however knowing more how they function helps a lot in the process of understanding them and using them. The webinar aims to clarify concepts like Comprehensible Input (a hypothesis), Second Language Acquisition (a theory), Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling (a method),
Teaching Communicative Language (a linguistic approach), and
One Word Image, Asking the Story or Movie Talk (strategies).
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Piedad Gutierrez is an educator at heart who has been a university professor of Latin American history; a Spanish teacher from 3rd grade to high school; a trainer of world language teachers in the USA, Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay; a developer of curricula for teaching Spanish; an advocate and mentor for English language learners; and a researcher of the regional history of Quindio in Colombia.
Piedad loves learning and keeps exploring complementary subjects to the pedagogy of history and languages, such as cognitive sciences and neurolinguistics. Piedad advocates for developing Healing-Centered Education programs.
Since we are more than we do or where we are, Piedad is a loving grandmother and enjoys outdoor and indoor activities such as gardening, paddle boarding, hiking, boating, crocheting, sewing, jewelry making, dancing, yoga, reiki, meditation, and most of all reading and writing.
Active RIFLA members will gain 1 Professional Learning Unit for participating in this webinar.