Picture This! Harnessing the Power of Images for Language Learning

Bring your language lessons to life with the power of images! In this workshop, you will explore how visuals—from films and video clips to photos and memes to AI-generated art—can spark creativity, deepen comprehension, and boost student engagement. Across the day you will:

Although the examples given in this workshop will come from French and EAL, the ideas presented are general in nature and can be applied in most Language classrooms, so teachers of all languages are encouraged to attend.  You will leave with a toolkit of fresh ideas and digital resources to make language learning more visual, interactive, and fun.

Rowena Bata has been a Languages teacher for 25 years and she has worked at schools in Victoria as well as in France, Papua New Guinea and Malaysia. She has held various positions of leadership and has taught students of all ages, from Prep to adult. Rowena holds a Master’s degree in Linguistics and she is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer. She is interested in bridging the gap between second language acquisition theory and what happens in a classroom, and she has a particular focus on the role that technology can play in the language learning process. Rowena has a wealth of experience that she brings to her presentations and her workshops are always practical and full of ideas for teachers to take away and use in their class immediately.

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