About+the+MaFLA+2013+Session

= The Culture Connection: Linking Language, Learners, & Life =

**Workshop 2: Danforth, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM**
Explore a simple formula for using culturally authentic resources to design cognitively challenging, emotionally engaging, and socially satisfying learning experiences. Participants will: examine the power of contextualization as a tool for strengthening students’ oral proficiency, experiment with tips for locating high quality cultural materials, explore a variety of reading strategies for engaging students with a variety of culturally authentic texts, and experience meaningful, communicative, interactive tasks that highlight targeted language patterns and build academic vocabulary.
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