In week 4 of sanity savers for teaching languages, we talk about easy ways to jazz up some common activities. ____________________________ Today, we are in the fourth week of five weeks of sanity savers, and we will talk more about sanity savers for language teachers. Invest in a buzzer system. Something that’s been useful is… Read More Teaching Languages | Sanity Savers | Week 4
Welcome to the Five-Week Linguist Show. We will talk about some low and no prep activities that you can add to your language teaching repertoire. (02:00) About Janina’s Life (05:12) Flyswatter Activity (07:51) Subtitle Activity (09:45) Drama Activity (12:12) Screenplay Activity (13:19) Input Activity (17:43) Review Activity (22:07) “Things I love” Activity (26:05) Deep reading… Read More Five MORE Weeks of Fun: Low and No Prep Activities
Verb conjugations can be a very rough spot to get over when learning a language. Here are some ideas from my years of experience to make it a little easier. Hot Potato. Jazz up any verb practice. Tic-tac-toe. If you are unfamiliar with Dr. Rassias, he was an amazing leader in teaching foreign languages. He… Read More Verbs Activities in Spanish
Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. We will talk about five activities to practice meeting and greeting in other languages. (0:02) – Five activities from improvisation to practice meeting and greeting. (0:46) – All About Alliteration (01:01) – Whatever your name is, you’d have to introduce yourself with an adjective of the same letter. (01:57)… Read More Activities to Teach Greetings
Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about Assessment. [00:22] Record yourself [00:57] Free App Recording software like Vocaroo. [01:34] Using Notebooks – Communication Journal [01:54] Write about something you’re going to find. [03:27] Growing Proficiency [04:06] Where do you want to be? [06:10] The Foreign Service Institute. [08:20] The Association… Read More Language Assessment Tools
Learn a language | Pleasurable language learning 1 Quick tip for language learners. We live in the most exciting time to learn a language, and it is getting more exciting every day. If you want to master another language, I share my framework for learning any language in this free masterclass here. Grab your spot… Read More Learn a language | Pleasurable language learning 1
Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about the fun of teaching languages. [00:27] Have fun, it’s critical [00:45] Experience a target language while you’re doing things that you love. [02:07] Have fun during the entire process [02:46] Languages are a huge part of the human experience. [03:03] You were not… Read More Learning a Language is Fun!
Fun Class Activity: Learn Language with Vision Boards Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Are you looking for a fun activity that you can do for that first dreary day back from winter break? In this episode, Janina will talk about Vision Boards. (0:35) – Introduction to vision boards (0:53) – How it works (1:20)… Read More Learn Language with Vision Boards
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