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We had a remarkable #langchat this past Thursday with a large turnout! Many participants shared their thoughts on a very important topic for world-language educators: How can we collaborate with school administrators to provide strong world-language programs? Thanks to all our participants and especially to @SECottrell and @dr_dmd, our moderators for the night. As always, […]

This past Thursday we had a phenomenal #langchat with lots of resources and great debate by all the participants! Thanks to everyone for showing up, and especially to @CalicoTeach for moderating. If you couldn’t find the time to make it out, it’s not too late to join the discussion. Please feel free to comment on […]

Thanks to everyone who joined us Thursday for #langchat and especially to our moderators for the night, Diego Ojeda (@DiegoOjeda66) and Don Doehla (@dr_dmd)! Our discussion was on what educators can do to inspire conversation in the world language classroom and beyond. Participants were treated to a huge variety of activities and tips to encourage […]

Thanks to everyone for joining us for Thursday’s #langchat, and thanks especially to our moderators, Erica Fischer (@CalicoTeach) and Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell (@SECottrell). The summary is a little bit late this week but is loaded with great information and some interesting discussion! Our topic was “How can we differentiate instruction in World Language classes?” The hour-long […]

Thanks to everyone who joined us Thursday evening for a wonderful #langchat, and especially to our moderator, @DiegoOjeda66! Our topic was on three to five minute motivators, or warm ups, to get students ready for class — and participants blew us away with all the fantastic suggestions! We shared so many great ideas and resources […]

Thanks to everyone for showing up and participating in #langchat on Thursday night! As always, we had a lively discussion, and your world language education colleagues shared lots of great ideas and resources. Check out the summary below or the full archive here. Thursday’s discussion question was “What projects do you use to integrate culture […]

Thanks to all our participants of Thursday night’s #langchat! Our topic concerned apps #langchat teacher recommend to improve students’ their oral language skills, and participants had lots of fantastic ideas. Though there are many ways to use apps to further students’ oral abilities, one great advantage of using apps and related tech in the classroom […]

Thanks to all our participants who came out for Thursday night’s #langchat at 8 Eastern time! We shared some great resources and had a very interesting discussion on everyone’s favorite Web 2.0 tools in the classroom. Thanks especially to our moderators, Don Doehla (@dr_dmd) and Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell (@SECottrell). So, what IS Web 2.0? Basically, Web […]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the first #langchat of the new school year this past Thursday night at 8 p.m. EST. It was great to see so many of you again, and I hope everyone had a great summer! We had a lively and engaging discussion of everyone’s plans and ideas for the upcoming […]

Our topic for the final #langchat discussion of June centered on how to assess student participation in the world language classroom. We had a thought-provoking chat Thursday night at 8 p.m. EST. Thanks to all our dedicated participants, who shared some great thoughts on the matter, and thanks especially to Erica Fischer (@CalicoTeach) and Sara-Elizabeth […]