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How can learners given less than 90 minutes per week for language class develop real proficiency? They can’t, according to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Unless, that is, they have additional time outside of class to receive comprehensible input and interact in the language.  But how will they get this extra time? […]

Are you looking for more content to help you show Spanish greetings and introductions to your learners? GREAT NEWS! After recently uploading one of our first non-song videos in a long time, we’ve just added FIVE more, and we think that you’re going to find them super useful and that your learners will love them. […]

It’s undeniable: when it comes to contact time with students in world language classes, elementary teachers have the short end of the stick. (Don’t miss a post; follow us on Bloglovin’!) (This GIVEAWAY is CLOSED.) In part one of this brief series, we shared some tips on how you can partner with your school’s computer […]

How can you improve your communication to effectively give meaningful feedback to students? Last week, #langchat took on the extra important topic of figuring out ways to effectively communicate with students in order to give them meaningful feedback that will help them make improvements in their language learning journey. Participants started by sharing their tips […]

What’s the top complaint of elementary world language teachers?  TIME. I cannot tell you how often I hear teachers and world language district specialists alike lament the prevailing mood in schools and districts that we really ought to be producing better results in language proficiency in our younger learners, and we really ought to be […]

How can an activity sheet that requires writing be made effective for kids who can’t read or write? Multi-sensory is certainly the way to go when teaching all ages of learners, but especially very young ones.  Games? Yes!  Songs?  Oh, yeah!  Play-doh?  Why not?  Children learn language better when they can experience it in many […]

Las week, #langchat took on the super important topic of how the world language classroom might be able to change it’s grading system to all for more of a focus on building proficiency in class rather. Contributors talked through their decision processes for choosing which assignments will receive grades, along with thinking through the benefits/challenges […]

Follow my blog with Bloglovin For the last #langchat of October, participants decided to talk through the finer points of how to successfully collect and assess data in the world languages classroom in order to improve teaching and instruction. Participants talked about the types of data that they find the most helpful, as well how […]

How can you adapt your textbooks and units to reflect student interests and culture? Last week, the #langchat community decided to chat about ways to adapt/improve pre-existing units/textbook chapters to better focus on culture and student interests in the World Language classroom. Participants discussed what elements of current textbooks/units could be easily adapted to reflect such […]

Last week, #langchat decided to talk about ways for World Language teachers to be able to collaborate with their colleagues in other disciplines. Contributors discussed what topics of study in the WL classroom make for good opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration, and what things need to be in place to facilitate collaboration with other disciplines. Participants […]