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HAVE YOU EVER ….. ?

One great way to get intermediate and upper level students engaged and curious about an upcoming book or film is…

5 years ago

Activities for Doodles & Scribbles

Definition of a doodle: an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch; also : a minor work There aren’t many…

7 years ago

Ideas for When You Are Out

I recently read this blog post in Path to Proficiency and began to reflect on my own sub plans for…

7 years ago

There’s an App for That!…Or Not…

  So you are used to seeing High Tech Low Tech articles that discuss options for improving your students language…

7 years ago

Core Practices

The Leadership Initiative for Language Learning (LILL) provided world language teachers with 6 Core Practices in 2015 and though some…

8 years ago

High Tech and Low Tech “Minds on” the Real World

As we observe our students in the classroom setting, we look for them to be engaged in learning, not just…

8 years ago

Our Students, Our Advocates

“I overheard my daughter talking with her friends in German.” “A person came through the line when I was bagging…

8 years ago

Students as Teachers…Presentations Taken to the Next Level

Student presentations are commonplace in world language classrooms and have been for a long time. Teachers use them for all…

9 years ago

A Linguaphile’s Calling

When Karen Fowdy and I began to talk about other people who could support our programs, we realized immediately that…

9 years ago

Future Foodies Unite! Fostering 21st Century Skills in the Language Classroom

Using ACTFL’s 21st Century Skills Map as our guide, how can we strengthen the ways we teach recurring cultural themes…

10 years ago