We look forward to seeing you in Chicago for our 2027 joint conference with the Michigan World Language Association (MIWLA)!

Conference highlights include:

• an opening keynote address by Meredith White, a Spanish teacher and instructional technology and innovation coach with over a decade of experience. Meredith has earned many awards, including 2020 Teacher of the Year from the Foreign Language Association of Georgia, and presents multiple times a year. Her work as a Spanish teacher has focused on proficiency-based teaching, comprehensible input, technology and helping make learning Spanish fun. 

• many half-day or full-day workshops with regionally and nationally recognized educators. 

• more than 150 special focus sessions on:

• Equitable and inclusive practices

• Intercultural communication and competence

• Standards and proficiency-based instruction and strategies

• Curriculum, articulation, and interdisciplinary design

• Technology innovation and integration

• Assessment and feedback

• The latest research in education and language acquisition

• opportunities to learn from our national and regional World Language Teachers of the Year and from the leaders of our national world language association.

• Best-of sessions from across our 14 mid-western states.

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