I love comics for learning languages at all levels. You can learn a lot of familiar spoken language put together in a really clever way very quickly. Creating comics are a great way to practice what you’ve learned. I love using storyboards for narration. Essentially, the students should fill in the story board, making their… Read More Comics and Learning Languages
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
Hollywood has a lot to offer language classes. Here are some ways to use it in your language classes. Stories Many actors love telling stories. Combine this inclination with wanting (and often needing) to make opportunities for their own work as actors. Remember when Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote Good Will Hunting? They… Read More Hollywood in Your Language Class
Here are some fun ways to get your students talking in any world language class. Hot Seat: Break up students into groups. They devise questions on the topic of your choice. They take turns sending members to the hot seat to answer their questions. Fun- LOTS of talking… Partner Pictionary: One talks, the other draws… Read More Get Them Talking: 10 Activities for ANY World Language Class
Speak any language: 4 Tools to Set Goals and Test Your Fluency Being able to speak any language can send you to the front of the line for jobs, skyrocket your career and allow you to get to know some amazing people you wouldn’t be able to talk to otherwise. With such a strong need… Read More Speak Any Language: 4 FREE Tools for Measuring your Progress in Any Language
Apps to learn languages this summer. Welcome to the 5-week Linguist Show. We’re talking about language learning during the summer, and the summer where maybe we’re not going abroad as we had planned. So I wanted to share with you some hacks to learn languages anywhere. As I’ve shared with you, I have really missed… Read More Apps to learn languages this summer
Learn a language this summer. Welcome to The 5-Week Linguist Show. It’s summer. So, it’s really been a really challenging time for the entire world, and I know so many people, it’s been so much more challenging for than others, but not to discount any of that but it’s changed all of our lives. I… Read More Learn a language this summer
Music is a great way experience culture. Here are my top tips to use music to learn languages. I use songs sparingly in languages for several reasons. Songs are essentially poems and they don’t always make a lot of sense. Using them to teach students how to communicate isn’t particularly useful. With that said, there… Read More Music to learn languages
Learn a language with AirBnb This article originally appeared here on Medium on December 28, 2018. Learn a Language with Airbnb Airbnb is one of the most exciting developments to happen to language learners in ages. Airbnb offers the possibility to study in a new country in what feels like your own house, short or… Read More Learn a language with AirBNB