About iFLT
What is iFLT? The International Forum on Language Teaching is a three-day conference focused on comprehension based strategies through interactive teacher training. The iFLT Conference will be held once every two years.
How did iFLT begin? What is now know as iFLT began as a brainstorm in 2008, between Dr. Stephen Krashen and some teachers, on the ideal format for a conference on teaching with comprehensible input strategies. They dreamed of a forum-like setting, where teachers could share ideas, teachers could be coached instead of simply lectured, and where educators could collaborate and energize one another. The result was the first bi-annual Internatioanl Forum on Language Teaching in Los Alamitos, CA, in 2010.
The iFLT 2012 Conference will feature:
- Learning Lab Model with master teachers, teaching small groups of students in Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese or English.
- Observations of elementary and secondary language classes, taught by master teachers.
- Discussion sessions following classes, led by the host teachers.
- Teaching Skills learning sessions.
Teaching skills we teach include:
- Developing culture and content based units using CI (Sheltered Subject Matter Instruction)
- Technology: using iPads with storytelling and story-asking
- Using class stories as reading material
- Readerʼs Theatre
- Adapting authentic texts
- And more…
The Pre-Conference Workshop will feature:
- Strategies and best practices for Teaching with Comprehensible Input (TCI).
- Information for those who are new to TCI
- TCI methods including: TPR, TPRS®, StoryAsking, reading strategies using CI