PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
The Council for English as an Additional Language is excited to share our newest professional learning offerings: Experiential EAL Active Learning Strategies, Welcoming Refugees into Our School Communities, and Vocabulary Across Disciplines.
These sessions can be delivered virtually or in person and can be tailored to full-day, half-day, or shorter formats to meet your needs.
To learn more about each session or to book professional learning for your team, click here or contact president@cealata.com.
Conference 2026
Unfortunately, due to lower-than-anticipated registration numbers, CEAL made the difficult decision to cancel the upcoming conference scheduled for May 1-3 in Edmonton. However, we are committed to offering professional learning to our members. We will be holding a virtual professional learning opportunity on Saturday, May 2. Keith Folse, originally scheduled to be the keynote speaker at our conference, will be presenting. Additionally, our Annual General Meeting will be held after the presentation. Please see more details about the AGM and CEAL Executive positions below. Saturday, May 2 Keith Folse Presentation 10:00 am - 11:30 am Zoom Access Link: https://zoom.us/j/98119628422?pwd=1CzWdcWbDotnjSotzrobBntaUBEOvU.1 (If required: Meeting ID: 981 1962 8422 & Passcode: 612400) |
7 Things I Wish My Language Teachers Had Understood About Me as a Learner
I’ve taught languages for more than 40 years, but I’ve also been a language student for most of
my life—from French and Spanish in high school to Arabic, Malay, and Japanese while living
abroad, and Portuguese through Duolingo. Over the past six years, I’ve also studied German in
both face-to-face and online classes.
Across these experiences, especially in my German classes, I began to notice predictable patterns
in how learners think, struggle, and make progress—patterns that only became clear to me once I
was back in the classroom as a student.
In this keynote, I share seven practical insights I wish my language teachers had understood
about my classmates and me—and how those insights might change the way you think about
your students.
Due to lower-than-anticipated registration, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the upcoming conference. More details will be available soon.
CEAL Conference 2026
Location: Chateau Lacombe, Edmonton
