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On May 24th, our LangChat participants tackled an important topic: What pre-reading/listening strategies help students better comprehend authentic materials? Everyone had a lot to share! Setting the Stage Participants shared a variety of tools that they have found helpful in setting the stage for their students before tackling authentic materials. @CoLeeSensei tries to provide context […]

Welcome back! On May 17th, our participants were asked, “How do we maximize use of the target language in our classes?” Everyone shared a wealth of great ideas for keeping both their students and themselves on task and engaged in the target language. Target Language from Day 1? Staying in the target language can be […]

Hello again! As promised, here is the summary of a thought-provoking LangChat that took place back in May. Our moderators asked, How do you connect your students to target language speakers? Finding Target Language Speakers at Home Nothing can totally replace face-to-face human interaction, and participants had lots of great ideas for getting students interacting […]

As language educators, we know that language and culture are inseparable. During our recent #langchat twitter conversation, we explored what we can do to overcome resistance from students to learning about the culture of target language people groups. To start off the conversation, we all acknowledged that culture in the world language classroom is important. […]