Presentational and Interpersonal Communication for Classical Languages Part 2
Webinar date & time: Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 4:00-5:00 pm via Zoom
The Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) of the New York State Education Department (NYSED) presents this next webinar in its 2025 Professional Learning Series: Presentational and Interpersonal Communication for Classical Languages - Part II: Spoken Latin Strategies. This webinar is offered free of charge for world language educators and administrators working and studying in New York State educational institutions. 1 hour of CTLE credit offered.
Webinar description: This webinar will introduce some strategies to facilitate speaking Latin in presentational and interpersonal situations. We will start off by looking at how speaking can bolster Latin learning. Then we will consider different strategies for Checkpoints A, B, and C to get students speaking, along with scaffolds that are helpful to carry out different language functions. Ideas will be offered for formative assessments at each checkpoint that can give the teacher and student information about the student's current performance level along with some ways to provide students with feedback for improvement.
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Registration process: All participants must pre-register for this event. Pre-registration will close on Friday, May 23, 2025; there will be no same-day registrations. Once the registrant's email address has been verified as being from a New York State school, college, or university, an email confirming their registration will be sent. Twenty-four hours prior to the event, all registered individuals will receive login instructions with the link to join the webinar. Only pre-registered attendees will be eligible for a certificate documenting attendance and/or CTLE hours.
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For more information on professional learning webinars for world language educators, please visit our website: http://www.nysed.gov/world-languages/professional-learning
Webinar presenter: Keziah Armstrong has been working for the Shenendehowa School District for 25 years as a world language teacher, mostly in the Latin language. A native of New York state, both her bachelor's and master's degrees were earned at the SUNY Albany. More recently, Keziah has been attending spoken Latin classes and conventions since 2020, culminating in earning a Latin Certificate from the University of Kentucky in the winter of 2023. "Magistra" Armstrong is active in her local, state, and national Classics organizations and has presented on language pedagogy and strategies over the years. In her communicative classroom, each of her classes is designed to include speaking, listening, reading and writing. Keziah continues to implement speaking, listening, and writing in her checkpoint B and C classes. This practice supports the important objective for most Latin teachers which is reading what Latin authors have communicated and continue to communicate from B.C.E through the C.E.