Two-Day Training - 'Let's Get Started with AIM' - Level 1
Transform your FSL and Immersion teaching practice with this live in-person AIM workshop, with award winning teacher, and winner of the Prime Ministers Award for Excellence, AIM creator Wendy Maxwell!
For Core/FSL (Grades K-12) and French Immersion (Grades K-6) Late Immersion/Extended French (Grades 4-8) with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM
Dates: Friday, February 7th and Saturday, February 8th, 2025 (Two six-hour days of training/networking)
Times: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: St. John’s-Ravenscourt School:, 400 South Drive, Winnipeg, MB R3T 3K5
Do you want to experience the excitement of seeing your students reading, writing, and speaking the target language?
At AIM Language Learning, we’re on a mission to help increase student language acquisition through our unique classroom methodology. Our approach to language learning provides teaching resources, teacher development, and ongoing support for language teachers, from Kindergarten to grade 12.
What are AIM teachers experiencing with their students?
☑️ increased engagement
☑️ motivation
☑️ focus
☑️ love of language learning
☑️ and more speaking and writing in the Target Language!
WORKSHOPS: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Day 1
Let's Get Talking in French
In these sessions we will:
- provide hands-on practice with the the key principles, strategies and techniques of the methodology
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show how to accelerate the development of language proficiency through the Gesture Approach
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demonstrate how to use gestures spontaneously to create authentic interactions and proficiency
- show how rhythm, rhyme and music may effectively increase engagement and the development of language skills
Day 2
Moving from Oral to Written
In these sessions we will:
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seamlessly segué from oral to written activities
- model written activities so that students may effectively engage in partner/group activities exclusively in French
- show how to effectively use the Partner/Group Activities Book
- demonstrate systems to help students monitor their exclusive use of the Target Language only