Use these language learning journal prompts for speaking or writing, or mix it up. Writing is the last skill we master in languages. With that said, you can use that skill you already have in your own language to learn a new one. I love to journal to learn new languages. Short periods of time… Read More Language Learning Journal: More Prompts
Teaching World Languages: 20 Zero-or-no Prep Activities One of my very favorite things about teaching world languages is that while you need to be really structured and focused on the skills we’re teaching, we also get a lot of opportunities to have a lot of fun. The time that we spend in the target language… Read More Teaching World Languages: 20 Zero-or-no Prep Activities
Learn New Languages: Chunking Vocabulary is the building blocks of languages. All those words you learn can be built up into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. Clearly, the more words you know, the easier it is to learn a new language. There is this idea that you can learn a lot of words, they start working… Read More Learn New Languages: Chunking
Language Learning Journals: Novice-level Prompts Start with The 5-Week Linguist Audio Training. This audio training will show you how long it will take to reach your language goals and where to focus your time and efforts. Get your tools ready: My iphone with the following apps: Voice Memos, but any that records will do. Google… Read More Language Learning Journals: Novice-level Prompts
Speak Spanish: 4 Tools to Set Goals and Test Your Fluency Did you know that there are more Spanish speakers in the U.S. than in Spain now? Speaking Spanish will also allow you to communicate with a fifth of the ENTIRE world. 17 percent of Duolingo users are there studying that language. Being able to… Read More Speak Spanish: 4 Tools to Set Goals and Test Your Fluency
Learn Languages: 25 Ways to Learn Every Day We all have the same 24 hours in a day. Here are some ideas to turn some time every day into time to learn languages. Select an activity or two that realistically fit into your life, carve out some time each day and track it over the… Read More Learn Languages: 25 Ways to Learn Every Day
Language Teaching: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week 5 Looking for some fun, low prep activities to incorporate into your language teaching repertoire? Have a look at these activities that can be adapted to any language and any level. Talking During Class Beginner/A. Basically, they have to be able to say words-… Read More Language Teaching: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week 5
World Language Lessons: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week 4 Looking for some easy-to-implement, engaging world language lessons? Check out the following activities that can be used for any language at any level. Card Games Beginner/A. Practice big numbers (War) or Go Fish for example. Concentration works nicely, too. Any deck you… Read More World Language Lessons: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun- Week 4
Looking for some easy-to-prep, engaging activities for your world language class? Check these out for some low and no prep fun. Hot Potato Beginner/A. Use this for any vocab recall you have. It’s great fun. When the music goes off, the students start asking questions, making for a naturally communicative activity for the world language… Read More World Language Class: 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun-Week 3