Spanish Class: Teaching about School A theme explored in any beginning Spanish class is talking about school. I have created a bundle of resources and lesson plans, and wanted to share those ideas. You can get the bundle or pick and choose to add to your repertoire. Objectives. In this unit, students will learn how… Read More Spanish Class: School Unit
Writing and journals are some of the best ways to learn a language. They are free and effective. Here are some writing prompts that you can use to develop your fluency and build your vocabulary, and assess your vocabulary and communicative skills in any language. Writing is one of the best ways to learn a… Read More Writing Prompts: One of the Best Ways to Learn a Language
Language Fluency: What is it? Are you looking for some information on measuring fluency levels in languages? Check out this video: Prefer to read? See the transcript below: Hi, and welcome to Measure your Progress and Fluency in Any Language. In today’s lesson we’re going to talk about, what is fluency? Learner’s Dictionary defines fluency… Read More Language Fluency: What is it?
Studying Krashen: Benny Lewis and the 5 Theories Dr. Stephen Krashen has done so much for the teaching and learning of languages through the research and publication of his five theories of language acquisition. Studying Krashen’s 5 Theories Krashen’s theory of second language acquisition consists of five main hypotheses: the Acquisition-Learning hypothesis; the Monitor hypothesis;… Read More Studying Krashen: Benny Lewis and the 5 Theories
Teaching online? Here is an engaging activity for language classes that will get your students speaking your target language. Prefer to read? Teaching Online: Using Google Apps to Host Guest Speakers Welcome to the 5-week Linguist Show. If you want to learn a language or you teach a language, you’ve come to the right place.… Read More Teaching Online: Guest Speakers for Language Classes
Learn a Language at Home: 3 Simple Tools How would it be if you knew you could learn a new language at home without great expense, hours of tedious study, traveling to courses, or disrupting your life? Transform your downtime into skills in a new language. Think about the situation right now. Many of us… Read More Learn a Language at Home: 3 Simple Tools
Learn a new language in 5-week intervals Do you love languages? Teach languages? Love to learn languages? Would you like to learn a new language and want to find out how to do it without spending a ton of money or time you don’t have? If so, then the 5-Week Linguist Show is for you.… Read More Learn a New Language: The 5-Week Linguist Show
Social Distancing and Language Learning This post contains affiliate links. This is an unprecedented time. Just a few months ago, we couldn’t have imagined this. All we hear in the media right now is social distancing and Coronavirus. And with good reason. Many people are suffering as a result of this right now in so… Read More Social Distancing and Language Learning
World Language Teachers: 6 Ways Pinterest Helps Us Looking for an amazing free resource for world language teachers to get ideas, lesson plans, classroom organization ideas, learn languages and find ways to relax? Check out 6 ways that Pinterest helps world language teachers. Pinterest is a search engine. While we all think about sharing fun… Read More World Language Teachers: 6 Ways Pinterest Helps Us