Welcome to the five-week linguist show. We are going to talk about Comparison. (0:31) – The five standards for learning and teaching languages. (1:09) – Comparisons develop insight into the nature of language and culture in order to interact with cultural competence. (1:17) – In language comparison. (1:39) – Learning other languages is an acute… Read More ACTFL 5 c’s: Comparisons
Language Teaching: Activities from Travel Travel and all that we can learn from it are an often-used context in our language teaching. A few activities from travel for your classes: Postcards I love using postcards in my language teaching. I have picked many up during my travels over the years. They are so easy to… Read More Language Teaching Activities from Travel
ACTFL 5 C’s: Communication
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 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
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 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
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