You’re Speaking My Language
Thoughts, Tips, and Practical Ideas for World Language Teachers
How to Help When Students Struggle with Comprehension
Help students tolerate ambiguity and embrace the language learning process through intentionally crafted lessons
The First Day of World Language Class
Begin the School Year by answering students’ questions and communicating clear expectations
How to Make Sure Your Students Hate Speaking
3 practices that discourage speaking proficiency - and how to avoid them
How to be Sure Your Students Never Use Spanish Again
3 Practices that discourage language proficiency… and how to avoid them
5 Language Learning Fears
How you can help students overcome Foreign Language Anxiety to improve their speaking proficiency
3 Activities On Attention, Concentration, and Multitasking
Or, why you can’t be on your phone or play computer games during this class!
A Workable Classroom Phone and Computer Use Policy
How I declared war, and made peace with cell phones, social media, and video games in my classroom
Practical Ways to Create a Classroom Community
4 Activities to Facilitate Collaboration While Encouraging Individual Accountability
6 Strategies for Creating a Classroom Community
Ideas to foster a supportive classroom atmosphere, laying the foundation for collaborative learning and world language speaking proficiency