BCATML's Spring 2023 News Letter is Here!

The winter 2023 news letter has arrived! Browse the contents online, download to share with your colleagues or even print this season's news letter to save all the great resources, articles and language learning news found inside.
See below for more information on contributing to our news letter, advertising space and how to see your own photo on the cover of our spring edition!
See below for more information on contributing to our news letter, advertising space and how to see your own photo on the cover of our spring edition!
The BCATML Newsletter is the official publication of the B.C. Association of Teachers of Modern Languages, a provincial specialist association of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. Three issues are published each year.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The BCATML Newsletter is the professional journal of the BC Association of Teachers of Modern Languages. As such it: 1) acts as a communication vehicle for ideas, trends and new developments in the field; 2) supports a professional network of Modern Language teachers who are committed to innovative teaching strategies; 3) promotes the teaching and learning of additional languages, through the BC curriculum.
Subscription to the BCATML newsletter is included with membership in the BCATML.
NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
Articles submitted for publication should be sent with a covering letter that contains: the author’s full address, telephone number and/or email address a short description of the author and their current work or position a brief disclaimer allowing the editor editing and publishing rights a photograph of the author a photograph or high-resolution graphic to accompany the article. We encourage material submitted by email in .doc and .png format as most articles are reformatted to our publication style. Graphics should be sent as separate files. Please send articles as an e-mail attachment to: wyamazaki@deltaschools.ca. Length of articles usually varies from 300 to 1,000 words. Articles longer than 1,000 words may be shortened for publication. Authors must take particular care with diagrams and drawings. These are best reproduced if they are high contrast. Please do not submit items from copyright publications, if you have not included permission to publish them. The editor reserves the right to alter the text in any way necessary to conform to the objectives and mandate of the BCATML.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
November 1st, March 1st, August 1st. Suggested topics: curriculum implementation, back to school, cultural festivals & celebrations, aboriginal ways of knowing and perspectives aligned to the curriculum, assessment & evaluation, reporting, use of technology in a second language classroom context, etc. Copyright of articles resides with the original authors.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
Advertisements rates are as follows: Full page $100, Half page $50, Quarter page $25. We encourage material submitted in .jpeg and .png format, as our newsletter program does not support pdf uploads. Please send advertisements as an e-mail attachment to Wendy Yamazaki at wyamazaki@deltaschools.ca.
Access to newsletter here (password protected).
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The BCATML Newsletter is the professional journal of the BC Association of Teachers of Modern Languages. As such it: 1) acts as a communication vehicle for ideas, trends and new developments in the field; 2) supports a professional network of Modern Language teachers who are committed to innovative teaching strategies; 3) promotes the teaching and learning of additional languages, through the BC curriculum.
Subscription to the BCATML newsletter is included with membership in the BCATML.
NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
Articles submitted for publication should be sent with a covering letter that contains: the author’s full address, telephone number and/or email address a short description of the author and their current work or position a brief disclaimer allowing the editor editing and publishing rights a photograph of the author a photograph or high-resolution graphic to accompany the article. We encourage material submitted by email in .doc and .png format as most articles are reformatted to our publication style. Graphics should be sent as separate files. Please send articles as an e-mail attachment to: wyamazaki@deltaschools.ca. Length of articles usually varies from 300 to 1,000 words. Articles longer than 1,000 words may be shortened for publication. Authors must take particular care with diagrams and drawings. These are best reproduced if they are high contrast. Please do not submit items from copyright publications, if you have not included permission to publish them. The editor reserves the right to alter the text in any way necessary to conform to the objectives and mandate of the BCATML.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
November 1st, March 1st, August 1st. Suggested topics: curriculum implementation, back to school, cultural festivals & celebrations, aboriginal ways of knowing and perspectives aligned to the curriculum, assessment & evaluation, reporting, use of technology in a second language classroom context, etc. Copyright of articles resides with the original authors.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
Advertisements rates are as follows: Full page $100, Half page $50, Quarter page $25. We encourage material submitted in .jpeg and .png format, as our newsletter program does not support pdf uploads. Please send advertisements as an e-mail attachment to Wendy Yamazaki at wyamazaki@deltaschools.ca.
Access to newsletter here (password protected).
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