Enriching the Language Acquisition Classroom With Performance Tasks

Varsha Rodewald

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About the talk

Join MYP and DP leader and educator, Varsha Agarwal Rodewald, to explore the importance of assessment criteria and objectives and how they should be seamlessly embedded in the teaching and learning process in language acquisition classrooms. Discuss how designing a relevant and engaging performance task allows for creative and critical thinking to come into play alongside the more traditional learning outcomes of vocabulary acquisition and learning grammar. Additionally, also explain the why behind this more progressive, communication-based approach to various stakeholders at your schools.

In this talk, Varsha will also share her journey as an MYP educator and share what she has discovered, to expedite the journey of teachers, especially new to the MYP Language Acquisition framework, in feeling more familiar with it.

Make sure you have a pen and paper handy as you join along.

Highlights you don’t want to miss

Discuss how designing a relevant and engaging performance task allows for creative and critical thinking to come into play
Explain the why behind this more progressive, communication-based approach to various stakeholders at your schools

Speaker

Varsha Rodewald

Head of the Diploma Programme, Ascend International School

Disclaimer - This event is organised independently of and not endorsed by the IB. Toddle’s events and webinars are organised to enable an exchange of practices and ideas within the educator community and are not a replacement for official IB workshops. Views and opinions expressed by the speakers are their personal views and should not be construed as official guidance by the IB. Please seek assistance from your school’s IB coordinator and/or refer to official IB documents before implementing shared ideas and strategies in your classroom.

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Varsha Rodewald

Varsha Agarwal Rodewald has been teaching Hindi, English and German language acquisition for more than twenty years now. Ten of those years were as a language acquisition specialist and leader across all three IB programmes. She is currently the Head of the Diploma Programme and Language Programme Coordinator at Ascend International School, an IB Continuum School in Mumbai, India. She also teaches TOK in the DP, which she believes further allows students to explore how language contributes to knowledge and makes us diverse knowers. A project based learning enthusiast, she believes that students learn best through play, exploration and questions in an environment that nurtures student voice, choice and ownership.

Assessment, Classroom Strategies, Curriculum Planning

Enriching the Language Acquisition Classroom With Performance Tasks

Learning from one’s first hand experience gives us an upper hand in beginning our journey. In this talk by educator and leader, Varsha Agarwal Rodewald, gain insights on her journey as an MYP educator as she shares what she has experienced and discovered to expedite the journey of teachers, especially new to the MYP Language Acquisition framework, in feeling more familiar with it. Explore the importance of assessment criteria and objectives and how they should be seamlessly embedded in the teaching and learning process in language acquisition classrooms. Make sure you have a pen and paper handy as you join along.