Celebrating 100 years of PSMLA! At the 1927 PSMLA meeting, “Mr. William Hurwitz, of Philadelphia, offered the following answer to the question ‘Where is the value of organizing teachers of foreign languages?’: To protect ourselves against the great onslaught of materialism from all sides; to combat wrong conceptions of education; to hold our own in (more…)
In honor of the 100-year Anniversary of PSMLA, we have a special deal: Join for 3 years for $100.00. Don’t forget to renew your PSMLA Membership! Here is a quick reminder of just some of the benefits of PSMLA Membership. Please visit our website at www.psmla.org to learn more. 1. Our PSMLA Community – connecting with other (more…)
In honor of the 100-year Anniversary of PSMLA, we have a special deal: Join for 3 years for $100.00! Don’t forget to renew your PSMLA Membership! Here is a quick reminder of just some of the benefits of PSMLA Membership. Please visit our website at www.psmla.org to learn more. 1. Our PSMLA Community – connecting with other (more…)
Call for PSMLA Executive Council Nominations Please consider either nominating yourself or nominating a colleague for a three-year term to the Executive Council of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (PSMLA). All nominees should currently teach a World Language, be members of PSMLA for at least a year, be willing to attend two weekend board (more…)
Survey Invitation for IUP Dear Colleagues, We invite you to participate in a research investigation. The purpose of this study is to examine the work of World Language educators who teach classes with combined levels (i.e., Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 in the same class period/block), or multiple languages (i.e., French and Spanish in the (more…)
NECTFL 2020 Call for Session and Workshop Proposals Deadline for submission: May 3, 2019 The 2019 Northeast Conference will be held at the New York Hilton Midtown, February 13–15. The aim is to bring together all those involved in the teaching and promotion of world languages, including researchers and educators at every level of education, (more…)
5 Tools for Oral Proficiency (Free webinar) Join us on Thursday, January 17, 4:30pm to 5:30pm for a free webinar on 5 technology tools to help students develop their oral proficiency. After a brief introduction to the certificate program, you will learn about the following tools from certificate students and certificate graduates: Flipgrid by Megan (more…)
PEP Awards: Application Deadline Approaching! Applications must be postmarked or posted online no later than Saturday, February 9, 2019. See guidelines on the PSMLA website: https://psmla.org/pep-awards Mail the completed application packet to: Mrs. Mina Levenson 2737 Mount Royal Road Pittsburgh PA 15217 Or: Follow instructions for an online submission If you have any questions, contact the PEP HOTLINE (more…)
The PSMLA Newsletter is now available on the PSMLA Website for your reading pleasure. Highlights include a review of our fall conference, an introduction to our new ExCo members, a list of upcoming professional opportunites, and much more. Check it out today!
The 2019 PSMLA Exemplary Program (PEP) Awards It’s that time of year again! Each year PSMLA seeks to identify and publicly recognize excellent PA high school foreign language programs! The PEP Committee just mailed letters to 500 PA superintendents to inform them about PEP! We hope the letters will provide an impetus for superintendents to improve, maintain, (more…)
