I love infusing gratitude into my language classes. I think it’s an important life lesson. It also provides some great context within which to teach languages.  One of my very favorite activities is gratitude journalling. I discovered these during a very difficult period of my life. I had to write down, every day, no fewer… Read More Gratitude and Languages

Welcome five-week linguist show. We are going to talk about Culture. (0:51) – Culture is all about interacting with cultural competence and understanding and act full. (0:58) – The standard relates cultural practices to perspectives and relating cultural products to perspective. (01:35)- Linguists want to help people learn languages without offending people with understanding people.… Read More ACTFL 5 C’s: Culture

Welcome to the Five-Week Linguist Show! Today, we will be talking about utilizing Connection to learn languages. (00:31) – The Five C’s (00:47) – Definition of Connection (01:32) – Using other content areas and ideas to learn languages (02:07) – The Six Global Themes (02:23) – Themes under Daily Life (03:10) – Different connections to… Read More ACTFL 5 C’s: Connections

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

ACTFL 5 C’s: Communication

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

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

Welcome to The Five-week Linguist Show. If you want to learn a language or teach a language, you’ve come to the right place. Join Janina each week for tips, resources, and advice to make engaging language learning happen anytime, anywhere. (0:27) – Fun ways to get the students to talk (1:18) – First activity,  The… Read More 10 Speaking Activities: Get Them Talking

Improv and Languages: Learn Greetings Welcome to The Five-week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about five activities to practice meeting and greeting in other languages.  (1:04) – All about Alliteration. (1:18) – Whatever your name is, you have to introduce yourself with the adjective of the same letter. (01:26)- It involves introducing each… Read More Improv and Languages: Learn Greetings