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NECTFLS Reflection

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As a new student of education, examining creative performance based ways to engage students in the classroom, new tools to use in language instruction and the notion of implementing authentic materials on a day to day basis were foreign concepts before NECTFLS. While I held a solid grasp of what it meant to maintain proficiency in a language, I lacked the ability to really understand how the significance of this word had drastically changed in the classroom and how this knowledge applies in real life situations. The following is a breakdown of the several lectures I attended, along with a reflection regarding my findings and a concise call to action as the conference follow-up.
The first session that I attended at the NECTFLS Conference, titled “90%+: Promoting Target Language Use for Performance” by Charlotte Gifford, primarily focused on the ways in which language educators have the ability to engage students in more …show more content…

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