TweetSpeak Spanish: 4 Tools to Set Goals and Test Your Fluency Did you know that there are more Spanish speakers in the U.S. than in Spain now? Speaking Spanish will also allow you to communicate with a fifth of the ENTIRE world. 17 percent of Duolingo users are there studying that language. Being able to… Read More Speak Spanish: 4 Tools to Set Goals and Test Your Fluency
TweetLearn Languages: 25 Ways to Learn Every Day We all have the same 24 hours in a day. Here are some ideas to turn some time every day into time to learn languages. Select an activity or two that realistically fit into your life, carve out some time each day and track it over the… Read More Learn Languages: 25 Ways to Learn Every Day
TweetLanguage Teaching: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week 5 Looking for some fun, low prep activities to incorporate into your language teaching repertoire? Have a look at these activities that can be adapted to any language and any level. Talking During Class Beginner/A. Basically, they have to be able to say words-… Read More Language Teaching: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week 5
TweetWorld Language Lessons: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week 4 Looking for some easy-to-implement, engaging world language lessons? Check out the following activities that can be used for any language at any level. Card Games Beginner/A. Practice big numbers (War) or Go Fish for example. Concentration works nicely, too. Any deck you… Read More World Language Lessons: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week 4
Tweet Looking for some easy-to-prep, engaging activities for your world language class? Check these out for some low and no prep fun. Hot Potato Beginner/A. Use this for any vocab recall you have. It’s great fun. When the music goes off, the students start asking questions, making for a naturally communicative activity for the world… Read More World Language Class: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun-Week 3
TweetLooking for some more easy-to-prep language class activities? Check out these activities for language classes at any level. Errors Errors are completely unavoidable when you’re learning a language and you want to master them. They need to be seen as one of your most valuable assets in any language lesson. There are many fun, engaging… Read More Language Class Activities: Five Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week Two
TweetLanguage Lessons: Five Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week One The following activities and language lessons can be used in any language class and with any vocabulary theme. They’re designed to be flexible enough to work in the novice, intermediate and advanced levels as well. A short description of each activity as well… Read More Language Lessons: Five Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week One
TweetLearn a Language: 6 Takeaways from Acting Every Language Learner Should Know Teaching and learning languages has been my life. It has allowed me to see the world while paying the bills, and teach others how to communicate with people in different languages. Anyone can learn a language with the right tools and information. When… Read More Learn a Language: 6 Takeaways from Acting Every Language Learner Should Know
Tweet Teach Languages: Checklist for a Proficiency-oriented Classroom The internet provides us with more opportunities to learn and teach languages than at any time in history. Did you know that less than 1 percent of Americans are proficient in a language that they studied at school, according The Atlantic? In 2016, there were 110 million… Read More Teach Languages: Checklist for a Proficiency-oriented Classroom