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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 […]

Thanks to all our dedicated #langchat Twitter participants who shared some great ideas and suggestions on what homework ideas motivate students to keep learning world languages. We had a lively discussion on Thursday night at 8 p.m. EST. Thanks especially to Don Doehla (@dr_dmd) for moderating our chat. You can read the entire archive here. […]

Thanks to all our dedicated #LangChat Twitter participants who shared some great ideas and suggestions on how world language instruction can complement other subjects in school. We had a lively discussion on Thursday night at 8 p.m. EST. Thanks especially to Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell (@SECottrell) and Don Doehla (@dr_dmd) for moderating our chat. You can read […]

Thanks to all our dedicated #LangChat Twitter participants who shared some great ideas and suggestions on how we can work with other language teachers and schools on a local, national and global level. We had a lively discussion on Thursday night at 8 p.m. EST, and covered such topics as interacting with other classrooms, collaborating […]

Thanks to all our dedicated #LangChat Twitter participants who shared some great ideas and suggestions on how best to take advantage of the summer months to prepare for the coming school year. Below you can find an overview of the excellent discussion we had Thursday night 8 EST, with all the main points that participants […]

Thanks to all our dedicated #LangChat twitter participants who shared great ideas and resources on PBL (project-based learning) in the world language classroom. Thanks especially to the moderators, Don Doehla and Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell (@dr_dmd and @SECottrell). Below you’ll find an overview of the discussion we had Thursday night with all the main points that participants […]

Thanks to all our dedicated #LangChat twitter participants who shared great ideas and resources on conducting authentic assessments in the language classroom. We had a lively discussion on what exactly is authentic assessment, how to plan for it, and which techniques have proven successful. What is Authentic Assessment? Authentic refers to real-life situations. Several participants […]