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Your Name and Title: Ruth Valle, Spanish Teacher

School or Organization Name: Sequoyah High School, Monroe County Schools

Co-Presenter Name(s): Athalo Carrao, Alexis Radney

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Tennessee, United States

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience(s): High School Teachers

Short Session Description (one line): The session will describe our Great Global Project Challenge entry: Why Should I Study a Foreign Language? The three collaborators collected reasons for studying languages as well as useful language learning apps/sites and created a website with the results. 

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

The three collaborators for our winning entry for the Great Global Project Challenge will present from Tennessee (US), Brazil and the Dominican Republic. They will describe the process of collecting data concerning reasons for studying languages from 28 schools from 11 different countries. Athalo Carrao's students will discuss their reasons for studying languages live from Brazil. The presenters will also discuss various collaborations they conducted together in addition to future projects. 

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

http://whystudyalanguage.weebly.com/