In this series, we explore teaching languages with activities that don’t take a lot to prep, are fun, and can help save our sanity on those days when we need engaged students without being “on” all the time. __________________ Today, we are in the second week of five weeks of sanity savers, and we will… Read More Teaching Languages | Sanity Savers | Week Two
In this video, we talk about some quick ways to assess progress for teaching languages and learning them, too. __________________________ This week, we offer some tips to assess your language skills. What can you do? An activity Write down a set of words. These will be words that will be chunked in context to all… Read More Teaching Languages | Assessment for Teaching & Learning| Week Two
This week, we talk about some activities for teaching languages that help teach the tough stuff using paper. Low prep, too. ___________________ In this episode, we will talk about activities and ideas for learning language in class using paper. Stay tuned! Simple Index Cards Set of Flash Cards Different rules for playing Go Fish Memory… Read More Teaching Languages | 5 Weeks of Language Learning Activities using Paper | Week 2
This week, we’ll look at some more activities for teaching languages with journals. _______________ In this second week of this series, we will talk more about journaling activities that can aid you in learning a language. The first activity we will be talking about is chunks Any bit of vocabulary you know will be helpful… Read More Teaching Languages | Journal activities | Week 2
Today we will talk about activities for teaching languages using paper. ________ In this episode, we talk about activities in the language learning class using paper. Stay tuned! Fun, novice, and intermediate level activity Using comprehensible input People have to listen and drawdown things that represent them Partner Activity Partner Portraits Hang Man Dr. John… Read More Teaching Languages | 5 Weeks of Language Learning Activities using Paper | Week One
In this 5-week series, we explore activities for teaching languages with journals. Lots of takeaways for extension activities and independent learners, too. _______ In the first week of this series, we will talk about how journaling can help beginners learn languages. Vocabulary Columns As a beginner, you just want to communicate. You will write English… Read More Teaching Languages | Journal activities | Week One
This week we talk about reading to learn, and its application for teaching languages. ___________________________ How to apply basic reading skills Learning something new Learning things in other languages Gutenberg Library Google News Anne Frank House Foundation Ebook or Audiobook Audible Audio Books Keep journals of facts from your reading For more resources on learning… Read More Teaching Languages | Reading to learn languages | Week 4
This week, we’re exploring teaching languages with journal activities. Check out ways to develop advanced language and persuasion, among others. ______ A journal is a scholarly periodical that includes professors, researchers, and other specialists authored. Journals are devoted to a single discipline or subject of study. Unlike newspapers and magazines, journals are written for academic… Read More Teaching Languages | Journal activities | Week 5
In today’s video, we share some formal assessments for teaching languages. and learning them, too _____________________ The oral proficiency interview It is a great way to know exactly where you are. OPIC interview The ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) _____________________ If you teach languages, you probably love languages, too. However, our students don’t… Read More Teaching Languages | Assessment for Teaching & Learning | Week 4