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NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference 2018

More than 200 participants attended a wide variety of workshops at the annual professional development conference of the New York City Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT and the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers — titled Celebrating Cultural Relevance in our LOTE Classrooms — on Nov. 3 at union headquarters in Manhattan.

Teachers (from left) Vicky Cuesta, Araceli Ortega and Stephanie Farias show off

Teachers (from left) Vicky Cuesta, Araceli Ortega and Stephanie Farias show off posters created by their students at Esperanza Preparatory Academy in East Harlem during a workshop.

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Viviana O’Farrill of MS 8 in Brooklyn and Babour Ido of PS/MS 95 in the Bronx co

Viviana O’Farrill of MS 8 in Brooklyn and Babour Ido of PS/MS 95 in the Bronx confer about a question posed in the Language and Culture workshop.

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Irma Evangelista, the president of the state association and chair of the city g

Irma Evangelista, the president of the state association and chair of the city group, checks in with participants William Aspe (center) of Paramus HS in New Jersey and Alfredo Parks of the Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences in Brooklyn.

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Participants listen to a speaker during a lunch break at the daylong conference.

Participants listen to a speaker during a lunch break at the daylong conference.

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Joshua Cabral leads a lively workshop on Achieving Highly Effective Q&A Discussi

Joshua Cabral leads a lively workshop on Achieving Highly Effective Q&A Discussion Results in a LOTE Classroom.

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Talking about strategies for new Chinese teachers are (from left) XiuAi Zhang of

Talking about strategies for new Chinese teachers are (from left) XiuAi Zhang of New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn, presenter Huichen Yu of the HS for Dual Language and Asian Studies in Manhattan and Xiaohong Wu of Brooklyn Technical HS.

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Sandra Bolton (right) of the Susan McKinney Secondary School for the Arts in Bro

Sandra Bolton (right) of the Susan McKinney Secondary School for the Arts in Brooklyn adds to the discussion in the workshop on effective questioning with Deonne Rose of PS 330, Queens.

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Honorio Magan of Passages Academy in the Bronx asks a question about students at

Honorio Magan of Passages Academy in the Bronx asks a question about students attaining the state seal of biliteracy.

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Foreign language leaders (from left) Maris Fang of the Chinese Language Teachers

Foreign language leaders (from left) Maris Fang of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Irma Evangelista of NYCAFLT and the NYCAFLT, Rosa Riccio Pietanza of the Italian Teachers Organization, Polly Duke of the American Association of Teachers of French and Bernard Lopez of the Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese get together for a group shot.

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Teachers (from left) Vicky Cuesta, Araceli Ortega and Stephanie Farias show off

Teachers (from left) Vicky Cuesta, Araceli Ortega and Stephanie Farias show off posters created by their students at Esperanza Preparatory Academy in East Harlem during a workshop.

Miller Photography
Viviana O’Farrill of MS 8 in Brooklyn and Babour Ido of PS/MS 95 in the Bronx co

Viviana O’Farrill of MS 8 in Brooklyn and Babour Ido of PS/MS 95 in the Bronx confer about a question posed in the Language and Culture workshop.

Miller Photography
Irma Evangelista, the president of the state association and chair of the city g

Irma Evangelista, the president of the state association and chair of the city group, checks in with participants William Aspe (center) of Paramus HS in New Jersey and Alfredo Parks of the Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences in Brooklyn.

Miller Photography
Participants listen to a speaker during a lunch break at the daylong conference.

Participants listen to a speaker during a lunch break at the daylong conference.

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Joshua Cabral leads a lively workshop on Achieving Highly Effective Q&A Discussi

Joshua Cabral leads a lively workshop on Achieving Highly Effective Q&A Discussion Results in a LOTE Classroom.

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Talking about strategies for new Chinese teachers are (from left) XiuAi Zhang of

Talking about strategies for new Chinese teachers are (from left) XiuAi Zhang of New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn, presenter Huichen Yu of the HS for Dual Language and Asian Studies in Manhattan and Xiaohong Wu of Brooklyn Technical HS.

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Sandra Bolton (right) of the Susan McKinney Secondary School for the Arts in Bro

Sandra Bolton (right) of the Susan McKinney Secondary School for the Arts in Brooklyn adds to the discussion in the workshop on effective questioning with Deonne Rose of PS 330, Queens.

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Honorio Magan of Passages Academy in the Bronx asks a question about students at

Honorio Magan of Passages Academy in the Bronx asks a question about students attaining the state seal of biliteracy.

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Foreign language leaders (from left) Maris Fang of the Chinese Language Teachers

Foreign language leaders (from left) Maris Fang of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Irma Evangelista of NYCAFLT and the NYCAFLT, Rosa Riccio Pietanza of the Italian Teachers Organization, Polly Duke of the American Association of Teachers of French and Bernard Lopez of the Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese get together for a group shot.

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