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Sometimes, it takes focusing on a certain strategy to help remind you of just how effective it can be. This seemed to be the case last Thursday, as the #langchat participants discussed station activities and how they can be tools for fast, deep language acquisition. Not only did they talk about the purpose for station […]

  by  jencu  During the pre-Valentine’s day #langchat, participants were sharing the resource love by talking about some of the best ways to incorporate native language speaking interactions into the classroom. Not only were some of the best online apps discussed, but the virtues of old-fashioned pen-pals were extolled and some excellent tips were shared from teachers […]

On Thursday night, #langchat participants were vocal about the topic of communication. In addition to talking about their personal definitions of a communicative classroom, they shared great ideas for how to make world language classrooms more communicative by following 10 key rules.   What is a Communicative Language Classroom? How do you define a communicative […]

  by  Capture Queen â„¢  With over 600 tweets and 50 active participants at last week’s #langchat, it was one of the most power-packed chats we’ve ever had! While part of the traffic had to do with the interest of the world language community on creating and implementing diverse learning teaching methods, some of the popularity of […]

Last Thursday night, #langchat was the place to be! As teachers popped in from around the world to discuss how to maintain district standards while incorporating proficiency-based grading, the #langchat hashtag became a trending item after just 30 minutes! Not only was there a lot of engagement over this topic, but participants were also able […]

  by  danielmoyle  While the snow and wind blew around the country, #langchat teachers were snuggled up next to their phones and computers, excited to be back amongst friends. After a long, luxurious winter break, #langchat is back, ready to help language teachers collaborate and commiserate about what their new years’ teaching resolutions are for 2014. In […]

Project-based Learning (PBL) has become a new area of interest to educators everywhere, including world language teachers. Many #langchat participants have heard of the value of using this method to teach, so we spent last week’s discussion focusing on how to ensure that comprehensible input is integral to this inquiry-based process. Defining Comprehensible Input and […]

  by  -Jeffrey-  It was an exciting and fun tweet-up last Thursday as we got together with some of our #langchat regulars and had a few in-person laughs at the American Convention of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). It was so much fun, we almost forgot that we were supposed to be learning and sharing online as […]

  by  Colin_K  World language classrooms revolve around understanding and participating in a new language. For many teachers, there are still many questions about how to assess speaking activities, prepare students for success and incorporate technology into speaking lessons. On the latest #langchat, participants responded to 8 vital questions when thinking about speaking assessments. They also shared […]

On Thursday night’s #langchat, participants described what the ideal language classroom looks like as far as engagement, interaction and even noise level is concerned. Then, they shared some ways that they create an engaging and communicative language learning atmosphere in their classrooms. What is Engagement? “Students speaking in the target language more than the teacher […]