ACTFL 5 C’s Communication
ACTFL 5 C’s: Communication
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Culture and Languages
Culture and languages are inextricably linked. The internet has done so much for language teaching and learning. It’s just amazing when I think back to when I was a language student and what we had available to us, and what’s available to me now. I remember the days of grammar exercises, flash cards, language labs… Read More Culture and Languages
ACTFL 5 C’s: Communities
ACTFL 5 C’s: Communities Welcome to the Five-Week Linguist Show! Today, we will talk about how communities helps you improve your language fluency and connect with the native speakers of another community. (00:28) – The Five C’s (01:21) – Practical Ways to connect with people in another language (01:40) – The italki App (02:29) –… Read More ACTFL 5 C’s: Communities
Learn ANY Language
My 5-week crash course to learn any language. Implement a tip every day to learn any language. Day One: Get Inspired. There are some amazing people who have managed to learn languages on their own by defying all the rules they were taught in school. Check out Benny Lewis’ Fluent in Three Months for great… Read More Learn ANY Language
Sub Plans for Language Teachers
Sub Plans for Language Teachers Welcome to The Five-week Linguist Show. We’re going to talk about writing sub plans when you’re a language teacher. (1:07) If you’re really lucky, you would get a teacher who speaks the language. (1:28) It’s really tough to write sub plans when you’re a language teacher because you want them… Read More Sub Plans for Language Teachers
3 Tips to Learn Any Language
Here’s a quick cheat sheet of 3 tips on some of the most important things to bear in mind to learn any new language: Input We learn languages from input. This is what we read and what we hear. We practice and process what we learned through output. This is what we write and what… Read More 3 Tips to Learn Any Language
Learn Advanced Spanish: Online Spanish Immersion
Learn Advanced Spanish: Online Spanish Immersion Check out these places to experience Spanish language immersion online. Read and listen, understand and learn. It is so exciting to be learning languages in this time. Never before in history has language and culture been so available. Shop, cook, exercise and dance and learn Spanish at the same… Read More Learn Advanced Spanish: Online Spanish Immersion
10 Speaking Activities: Get Them Talking
Welcome to The Five-week Linguist Show. If you want to learn a language or teach a language, you’ve come to the right place. Join Janina each week for tips, resources, and advice to make engaging language learning happen anytime, anywhere. (0:27) – Fun ways to get the students to talk (1:18) – First activity, The… Read More 10 Speaking Activities: Get Them Talking
Improv and Languages: Learn Greetings
Improv and Languages: Learn Greetings Welcome to The Five-week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about five activities to practice meeting and greeting in other languages. (1:04) – All about Alliteration. (1:18) – Whatever your name is, you have to introduce yourself with the adjective of the same letter. (01:26)- It involves introducing each… Read More Improv and Languages: Learn Greetings