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Hello everyone, and welcome back to #langchat! We had a fast-paced, fantastic discussion Thursday night on somewhat of a repeat topic: homework that helps students’ language acquisition. Back in June we shared many motivating homework ideas, and participants voted to explore this topic further through our topic debate poll — and for good reason! It […]

Hello everyone! We had an engaging and fast-paced discussion on Thursday concerning the best strategies to get students motivated to start and stay in world language classes. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and contributing your thoughts to the discussion; it was a wonderful debate and I’m sure that everyone had something to take away […]

We had a fast-paced #langchat discussion on Thursday, full of great debate and some terrific suggestions to implement in your classroom. Our topic was on how to enhance language acquisition and make class relevant to students with authentic media. Participants continue to amaze with the sheer amount of tips and ideas that are so willingly shared. […]

Hello everyone, and welcome back to #langchat! We hope your holidays were filled with joy and good companionship. This past Thursday, we had a fantastic first #langchat of 2012 with some quality discussion and professional development. Our topic, “How do we develop higher-order thinking skills in the world language classroom?“, was a big hit and […]

Get your free #LangChat e-book, containing the best teacher-suggested tips and tricks for world-language education! #LangChat is an independent group of educators who get together every week on Twitter to discuss topics of interest to the world-language community. Your colleagues and fellow language enthusiasts share their tried-and-true tips, tools and resources freely in the interests […]