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During this year’s ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, CASLS announced an exciting new partnership with Pearson Education. The partnership is a first step in a long-term strategic plan toward the development of an online immersive environment for Spanish learners, in which learners build knowledge of language, culture, and pragmatics through a digital game.

To celebrate the new partnership, CASLS and Pearson hosted a game arcade in the exhibit hall where teachers were able to play Ecopod, Ingress, Plague Inc, Sim City BuildIt, and This War of Mine and receive classroom activities to accompany the games. Throughout the year, we’ll release activities for novice, intermediate, and advanced learners related to these games on our Games2Teach website.

Three teachers won our social media contest by sharing a photo of themselves at ACTFL and tagging the photo with the hashtag #iloveCASLS. These teachers will receive a free subscription to LinguaFolio Online for their classes this year.

CASLS Director Dr. Julie Sykes was nominated to chair the Language Resource Center Coordinating Council, as current chair Dr. Elaine Tarone retires in 2016. Dr. Tarone served as the chair for more than two decades.

CASLS Associate Director Mandy Gettler received recognition for serving as editorial director for the Pacific Northwest Council for Languages for more than ten years. She served from 2003-2013.

Congratulations to Edward Zarrow, a Latin teacher from Westwood High School in Westwood, Massachusetts, who received the 2015 ACTFL Teacher of the Year Award.

Thanks to all of those who stopped by our booth to visit and learn more about the programs and services we offer to language educators. We were delighted to meet you and hope to see you next year!