TORONTO Live In-Person - Level 2 Workshop - French

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Two-Day Training - 'Refresh, Reinforce and Consolidate'

Level 2 / Part 1 Workshop

For Core/FSL (Grades K-12) and French Immersion (Grades K-6) Late Immersion/Extended French (Grades 4-8) with Edite Sammons

Dates: November 7, 2025 (One 5 1/2-hour day of training/networking)
Times: 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Latvian Cultural Centre: 4 Credit Union Dr, North York, ON M4A 2N8

Are you ready to improve your AIM teaching practice? A refresher is just what you need! This course will reinforce the AIM approach and will help you increase student engagement.

This workshop is designed to provide extensive hands-on experience with a few aspects of AIM that teachers often need to review and reinforce. It is a preparatory workshop for success with Level 3 'Up your Game with AIM' workshop, which we are modifying to meet the needs of more experienced AIM teachers.

Pre-requisite:
In order to register for this workshop and to participate fully in all the activities, you must confirm that you:

know all of the gestures from a Step One kit.
have actively used AIM in the past two years.
have implemented a Step One kit in full. You know how to model all the basic language manipulation activities up to and including Partial Questions.

WORKSHOPS: 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Level 2 Part 1

Part 1:

Developing further oral language skills

In these sessions you will:

improve your understanding of and practice with the basic Gesture Approach techniques
receive extensive hands-on practice with TLSE/Spontaneous gesturing, to improve your proficiency with the ongoing gesturing with your class
learn how to maximize language use through basic oral questions and other activities
learn simple, effective vocabulary-building oral activities/games

You may access 'Level 2: Part 2 - Moving forward with written proficiency' at a future live workshop or immediately following this workshop through our on-demand asynchronous offering.

Refund Policy:
Up to one week before date of workshop: 90% REFUND.
No Refund if cancellation less than seven days before workshop.

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The Gesture Approach

The AIM is a methodology that supports students by providing strategies and techniques that ensure student language acquisition and a high level of engagement. The Gesture Approach allows students to visualize, hear, say and 'feel' the language simultaneously, and this results in rapid proficiency development.

A Literacy- and Arts-Based Approach

Through the use of story and drama, songs, raps, and dances, students are moving to the language as they create meaning. Scaffolding and cooperative learning strategies help all students - the shy, weak, and strong - to find great support and success.

High-Frequency Vocabulary

One of the most essential aspects of AIM that ensures student success is the high-frequency vocabulary (Pared-Down Language) that threads throughout every aspect of this methodology. AIM is designed such that each word is repeated extensively, allowing students to develop a strong foundation for language proficiency.

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