Read to Speak: Turning Reading Practice into Real Communication for Language Learners
SESSION DATES & TIMES COMING IN AUGUST 2026
Audience Classification: Digital Learning Audience Expertise: Strategic Growth - Experienced leaders focused on optimizing established programs and solving persistent challenges. Grade Level Focus: Middle Schools, High Schools Primary Audience: Teacher, Inst Leader Does this session focus on a specific product? Yes – Multiple – This session compares or showcases multiple products or services.
Online Spanish Teacher Cobb Virtual Academy, Cobb County School District, Georgia KENNESAW, Georgia, United States
Abstract Description : Speaking is often the most challenging skill to develop in world language programs. Fluency is not just another skill, it is the bridge that builds confidence in language learners and opens the door to authentic communication. This PechaKucha session highlights why fluency matters and how it can empower learners across proficiency levels. Participants will explore a simple model for moving from reading fluency to authentic speaking tasks for second language learners as well as heritage and native speakers of a language. Examples will show how tools like Microsoft Teams, Flip, and Padlet can provide low risk opportunities to build oral fluency and vocabulary in language learners. Attendees will leave inspired to make fluency a daily practice in their own programs.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to….' Use action words to begin this learning objective, such as list, describe, define, demonstrate, conduct, etc.
Participants will be able to describe the role of fluency in building confidence and developing communication skills in world language learners.
Complete the sentence, 'At the end of this session, participants will be able to….' Use action words to begin this learning objective, such as list, describe, define, demonstrate, conduct, etc.
Participants will be able to identify and describe digital tools and strategies that provide low-risk opportunities for students to build oral fluency and vocabulary.
