As a professional educator who values continuing education, I frequently read a variety of publications to stay abreast of best practices for world language instruction. Some of the most prominent works that have contributed to my teacher education, as well as the content on this website, are listed below.
Supporting Literature
“ACTFL | Standards Summary.” ACTFL, https://www.actfl.org/educator-resources/world-readiness-standards-for-learning-languages/standards-summary. Accessed 9 May 2024.
Adams, Nancy E. “Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Learning Objectives.” Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, vol. 103, no. 3, July 2015, pp. 152–53. PubMed Central, https://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.103.3.010.
Childre, Amy, et al. “Backward Design: Targeting Depth of Understanding for All Learners.” Teaching Exceptional Children, vol. 41, no. 5, June 2009, pp. 6–14.
Eun, Barohny. “The Zone of Proximal Development as an Overarching Concept: A Framework for Synthesizing Vygotsky’s Theories.” Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol. 51, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 18–30. Taylor and Francis+NEJM, https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2017.1421941.
Jiménez, Laura M. “Mirrors and Windows with Texts and Readers: Intersectional Social Justice at Work in the Classroom.” Language Arts, vol. 98, no. 3, Jan. 2021, pp. 156–61.
Kolb, Alice Y., and David A. Kolb. “Learning Styles and Learning Spaces: Enhancing Experiential Learning in Higher Education.” Academy of Management Learning & Education, vol. 4, no. 2, 2005, pp. 193–212.
Patrick, Robert. “Comprehensible Input and Krashen’s Theory.” Journal of Classics Teaching, vol. 20, no. 39, Spring 2019, pp. 37–44, https://doi.org/10.1017/S2058631019000060. ProQuest Central; Social Science Premium Collection, 2263180976.
Troyan, Francis J., et al. The Integrated Performance Assessment : Twenty Years and Counting. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2023, https://catalog.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/NCSU5611728. D. H. Hill Jr. Library.
Warner, Chantelle, and Beatrice Dupuy. “Moving toward Multiliteracies in Foreign Language Teaching: Past and Present Perspectives … and Beyond.” Foreign Language Annals, vol. 51, no. 1, 2018, pp. 116–28. Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12316.