Welcome to Five-week Linguist show. We are going to talk about different ways producing language to express yourself. (0:39) The importance of producing language (01:10) You can’t express yourself if you can’t produce language. ) (1:33) Producing languages, whether it’s on your own, or in a class setting, or communicating with people, is a… Read More Producing Language
Welcome to The 5-Week Linguist Show. In this episode, we will talk about 5 card games. [00:04] Card games are a fantastic way to get people learning, reading, and speaking new languages. [00:32] The First Game is called How Do you say….? [01:30] To make it like a bit of a game, you can put… Read More Language Card Games
Activities to learn verbs Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about the importance of verbs in language learning. [00:29] Mastering Verbs [00:39] Expressing Actions [01:09] First Activity: The Hot Potato [02:58] Second Activity: Check [04:08] Third Activity: Asking and Answering [05:43] Fourth Activity: The Koosh Ball 25 Ways to learn… Read More Activities to learn verbs
Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We will talk about five rules from traditional school conditioning that need to stop. [01:14] Don’t talk during class [02:12] Don’t make mistakes [03:11] Stop playing [03:35] Attention and focus [04:00] Take yourself very seriously [04:26] Learning languages Looking for some convenient ways to get language into your life? 25 Ways to Learn Languages Every… Read More Language lessons : how we’re different
Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Today, Janina will talk about Google Apps post-COVID in the world language classroom. (2:37) – I’m going to discuss how to use Google Docs, Slides, Forms, YouTube in your language classroom, how to plan and organize a guest speaker session in your target language for your students, and some… Read More Tools for the Language Classroom
Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. In this episode, we will talk about writing sub plans as a language teacher and what independent learners can do when a teacher is not available. (00:42) – If you’re lucky, get a teacher who speaks the language. (01:04) – It’s challenging to write sub plans as a language… Read More Writing Sub Plans (+ tips for independent learners)
Teaching Propositions in a Foreign Language Welcome to The 5-Week Linguist Show. Today, we will talk about different fun activities to teach prepositions in a foreign language. (0:05) – Learning the difference between a native speaker and someone who’s learned French or Spanish as a second language by their prepositions (0:51) – Prepositions of location… Read More Teaching Propositions in a Foreign Language
Welcome to The 5-Week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about a fun way to correct errors. [01:10] Help students keep working on fluency to communicate effectively [01:28] Accept errors as part of the process [01:34] Teach students to take risks [02:31] Assignments: Journal entry, letter, essay [03:17] You can put this down in… Read More Correcting Errors: A Fun Activity
Welcome to the Five-week Linguist Show. We’ll talk about how to use Google Apps to learn and teach languages. And this week, we’ll talk about Forms. (0:33) – Google Forms (0:59) – Comprehensible Input for Reading (1:37) – Quizzes and Forms (3:15) – Surveys for Intermediate Level (4:17) – How would this be useful for… Read More 5 Weeks of Google Apps: Forms