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• 2026 Summer Book Club

  • When
    25 Jun 2026
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    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM LINK

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  Hello MIWLA Members,

  Please join us this summer for the MIWLA book club. We will be reading Give Them What They Want: A Guide to Increasing Enrollment in World Language Class by Bryan Kandel. In this book, Bryan Kandel offers a fresh perspective: instead of persuading students to continue with languages, teachers can create classes students genuinely want to be part of. By building strong classroom culture, fostering community, encouraging authentic communication, and designing dynamic learning experiences, language teachers can generate enthusiasm and momentum that help programs thrive.

  Join us as we explore practical ways to make World Language classrooms more engaging, meaningful, and irresistible to students.

  
  

  The summer book club is free to MIWLA members. Register here for the Zoom discussions

  • Thursday, June 25th at 6:30 pm EST

  • Thursday, July 16th at 6:30 pm EST 

  We hope you can add Give Them What They Want: A Guide to Increasing Enrollment in World Language Class to your summer reading list and join us for our book club. You can purchase a copy of this book here

  Best,

  Julie Evershed (jevershed@miwla.org)

  Access the book club ZOOM session HERE

  
  

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• 2026 MIWLA/DPSCD Summer Institute

  • When
    31 Jul 2026
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    8:45 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Detroit School of Arts, 123 Selden, Detroit, MI 48201

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  MIWLA/DPSCD Summer Institute 

  Please join us for another great MiWLA event!

  WHEN:  Friday, July 31, 2026, 8:45 a.m. to 4:00

  WHERE:  Detroit School of Arts, 123 Selden, Detroit, MI 48201

  A Partnership between MIWLA & the Detroit Public Schools Community District

  Once again, the Michigan World Language Association & the Detroit Public Schools Community District are partnering to offer professional development from our talented community of educators. During the Summer Institute, you can learn from our Best of MIWLA presenters from around the state. In addition, you will have the opportunity to learn from our talented colleagues from the Detroit Public Schools Community District. 

  Our sessions will be presented by teachers from multiple languages. Our topics will include teaching for equity, using proficiency rubrics, student self-assessment and choice, interpersonal activities at the novice level, teaching withCI practices, and more!

  Join us for this fantastic professional development opportunity! FREE to MiWLA members, and $45 for non-members (which includes a membership). Participants can earn up to 4 SCECHS.

  Questions? Email Frances Lazette at flazette@miwla.org or Sean Gordon at sean.gordon@detroitk12.org. 

  Thank you to Wayside Publishing, our official sponsor of the MiWLA DPSCD Summer Institute, for providing coffee and pastries for us to enjoy while we learn!

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