Teaching Languages: Essentials to Start the School Year Teaching languages is hard work. It is also fun, rewarding, and an essential for raising global citizens. When I started teaching languages, I worked at a private school in New England, and then taught at a university in Seoul, South Korea. These were great experiences, yet very… Read More Teaching Languages: Essentials to Start the School Year
Podcasts are one of my very favorite tools to learn languages. Check out some for learners of Italian. Want a great way to learn? Check out these resources. Let’s Speak Italian! – Learn to Speak Italian Italian is presented in short lessons with lots of basics and review lessons. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-speak-italian/id155864176 Learn Italian – ItalianPod101 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/learn-italian-italianpod101-com/id273450951… Read More Italian Podcasts: Listen and Learn
Spanish: Learn to Speak about Yourself Learning to speak about yourself is a great way to build confidence in your skills. When I was a young teacher, I had the privilege of attending a day with Harry Wong, author of The First Days of School. He has loads of wisdom to share with teachers. One of the… Read More Spanish: Learn to Speak about Yourself
Learn Japanese Now: 5-Week Crash Course Learn Japanese now with this 5-week crash course. The secret to moving from being a Novice level (A) language learner to someone who can create their own sentences is having enough words and phrases to do this. Take this list of survival words and phrases. Commit to learning a… Read More Learn Japanese Now: 5-Week Crash Course
Italy is famous for its amazing food. Learn Italian cooking while you learn the language with these 10 tutorial sites. Rossella’s Cooking with Nonna Each week Rossella Rago, the host of the Cooking with Nonna Show, invites an Italian-American grandma to cook with her some of the traditional Italian recipes from the regions of Italy… Read More Italian Cooking: Learn to Cook and Speak
Foreign Language Lessons: Shopping Activities that simulate shopping are super valuable for beginning language students. They recycle lots of vocabulary, are interactive and allow for movement and creativity. Here are some of my favorites. Shopping Beginner/A. Simple lists of vocabulary. Put them in teams, give them the list and scavenger hunt with the students collecting… Read More Foreign Language Lessons: Shopping
French Love: French for Dating, Talking to the Babysitter and Going Out A bit of French to talk about love. My website itstitled Real Life Language because I love exploring the real bits that get you learning real language to talk to people right away. This guide has words and phrases to talk about dating… Read More French Love: French for Dating, Talking to the Babysitter and Going Out
French Vocabulary: Crossword Puzzles for Beginners Looking for a fun way to learn French vocabulary? Try crossword puzzles. They are engaging, fun and don’t require a tutor. This crossword puzzle is all about the most common type of French verbs (-er). The gird below is an image. You can use the clues and the word… Read More French Vocabulary: Crossword Puzzles for Beginners
Here are a few activities free Spanish (or any language) learning activities to talk about houses. One of my favorite parts of being a language teacher and learner is that anything can become a language lesson. Free Spanish Learning: My Dream House Doodles and sketches are some of my favorite activities to learn… Read More Free Spanish (or ANY language) learning activity