Diego Ojeda

Teacher, Consultant, Author

Diego Ojeda is a passionate Spanish teacher and an accomplished world language presenter. He has been recognized and awarded for his outstanding teaching style that he brings to the class and enjoys sharing with his colleagues. A native of Bogota, Colombia, with many years of experience teaching in his native country and in the United States, Diego brings a refreshing, cultural awareness and innovative perspective to the teaching of the Spanish language. Diego's instructional strategies can be easily adapted to any Spanish language proficiency level. Diego is co-founder of #langchat, a Twitter chat that has supported many world language educators in the US since 2011. He also is co-founder of #CharlaELE1 a Twitter chat where Spanish teachers around the world share and collaborate. Through his conferences and seminars, Diego has trained thousands of World Language teachers in the US and abroad.

How to make language learning real and relevant

While language learning has many benefits the most important one is when the learner has the opportunity to connect this new skill with his own world. Language is life and learning a second language becomes part of who we are, helps defining our identity, expands our views and bring multiple opportunities. In this session, Diego Ojeda will be sharing strategies that will guide language educators in how to make language learning real to their students.

This presentation will be available for on-demand viewing on December 2nd during Global CRED. Register for Global CRED below, it’s quick easy and free!