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If you missed us on Thursday, we held a very interesting #langchat on how storytelling supports language acquisition in the classroom. We primarily discussed how both TPRS and comprehensible input combine to increase students’ acquisition of the target language. It was an exciting #langchat, and we want to thank everyone for coming out and contributing! […]

Hello everyone, and welcome back to #langchat! We had a fast-paced, fantastic discussion Thursday night on somewhat of a repeat topic: homework that helps students’ language acquisition. Back in June we shared many motivating homework ideas, and participants voted to explore this topic further through our topic debate poll — and for good reason! It […]

We had a fast-paced #langchat discussion on Thursday, full of great debate and some terrific suggestions to implement in your classroom. Our topic was on how to enhance language acquisition and make class relevant to students with authentic media. Participants continue to amaze with the sheer amount of tips and ideas that are so willingly shared. […]

Hello everyone, and welcome back to #langchat! We hope your holidays were filled with joy and good companionship. This past Thursday, we had a fantastic first #langchat of 2012 with some quality discussion and professional development. Our topic, “How do we develop higher-order thinking skills in the world language classroom?“, was a big hit and […]

Get your free #LangChat e-book, containing the best teacher-suggested tips and tricks for world-language education! #LangChat is an independent group of educators who get together every week on Twitter to discuss topics of interest to the world-language community. Your colleagues and fellow language enthusiasts share their tried-and-true tips, tools and resources freely in the interests […]

This past Thursday, we had a great discussion on the best ideas on how to engage world language students with current issues and events in the classroom, and participants shared lots of great resources and tips. As always, please feel free to share the summary and #langchat with your colleagues and fellow language enthusiasts. If […]

Welcome back to #langchat, everyone. We hope your Thanksgiving holidays were as relaxing and turkey-stuffed as ours! This week we have Thursday night’s #langchat summary available for everyone who wasn’t able to make it to the discussion. Please feel free to share links to the summary with all your friends and colleagues — anyone who […]

Happy (almost) Thanksgiving, Everyone! This week’s post is to present a summary of our weekly Twitter professional development as well as announce an exciting new development from #langchat. In early December, from all the participants of our weekly meetings, we’ll release an e-book on the best electronic resources for world language classrooms. The e-book is […]

This past Thursday on #langchat, participants discussed and shared ideas on a very challenging topic, “What strategies help you accurately assess individual students?” The debate was lively and lots of great tips were spread around, and we’ve included highlights and a summary of the chat below. Thanks to all our participants for your great ideas […]

This past Thursday we had a very exciting and active #langchat with lots of great debate, tips and resources shared! Our topic was “How is culture best presented in the world language classroom?” Participants showed up en masse and we had a fantastic evening of professional development. Thanks to all our participants for the evening, […]