The Cool Generation
This has to be addressed immediately and unequivocally, but winning hearts and minds can be trickier than just shutting down the rude comments. I have developed the perfect tactic to address this situation.
Fostering Students Who Love to Read: 10 Tips to Avoid Fatigue and Increase Engagement
May 23, 2019Bryan Kandel Reading is an essential component in the language acquisition process. Reading provides input for students, exposes them to natural language use, and often expandsRead More
Getting Around in France
When you are planning a trip to France, remember that Paris is not the only city to visit in France and that there are many other beautiful places to discover.
Follow Your Own Rules
By now you have probably heard of “insert language acquisition theory here” and “insert teaching methodology here” and how each of them will revolutionize your teaching and maximize whatever it is you want/need to be maximizing, or at least make it easier for you.
Purposefulness, and Why We Need Less Drilling and More Experiences
More and more, the language teaching community is becoming aware of how important input is, how important it is for students to be exposed to the spoken language, and for teachers to speak in the target language to their students. In our attempt to be useful as teachers, we try to provide students with activities that will help them learn the language.
Integrate Project-Based Language Learning and Show Students Why Learning a Language Is Relevant
May 9, 2019 Laura Sexton Founder of PBL in the TL Whenever I ask a group of language teachers what they wish for their students after their schoolRead More
How to Spark Your Students’ Passion for World Language Through Music
My love for Spanish was ignited after listening to Gloria Estefan’s Mi tierra album when I was 12 years old.
7 Steps to Traveling Abroad with Students
Traveling internationally with students has to be the best perk in teaching a world language. Watching them interact with native speakers and learn even more about different cultures is amazing!
Crosstalk Is Not Just Talk
April 25, 2019Pablo Roman In previous posts, I’ve written extensively about how simple it is to do Crosstalk, and especially about the fact that it’s as simple asRead More
Quick Fix to Get Kids Talking… When Playing Games – Free Resource
I have done a variety of types of games in my class to get students to maintain speaking in Spanish and, equally as important, to stay on topic. Both are a huge challenge.
At a Loss for Words in Crosstalk
The dreaded “can’t think of things to say.” In this post, I’m going to talk about what some interesting topics to talk about are when doing Crosstalk.
Using RAFT Strategy in a WL classroom
March 28, 2019Carrie McLaren Have you ever stared at a blank page and wondered where to start? Whether you’re writing an assignment, creative fiction, a tweet, or evenRead More