Take a look inside Spanish Chat Mats: 109 printable chat mats for speaking and writing, organized by theme and by grammar. Every mat has sentence frames, a model dialogue and the verbs students need to keep a conversation going in Spanish, and each one comes as a PDF and a Word file. Get the chat… Read More 109 ChatMats for Grammar and Speaking Practice
Get students talking, moving and sharing with simple survey activities for language class! In this video, I share flexible ways to use surveys as interactive speaking prompts, quick input activities and classroom discussion starters. These activities can be used on a digital whiteboard, printed for students, or posted around the room so learners can ask… Read More Survey Activities for World Language Class
Turn a dollhouse into a high-interest way to practice rooms, furniture, commands, chores, and storytelling in language class! In this video, I share several ways to use donated dollhouses, furniture, and even a simple pop-up house activity for novice and developing language learners. These activities give students a concrete, visual way to practice vocabulary, follow… Read More Dollhouse Activities for World Language Class
Use bio poems as a creative, flexible activity for world language class! In this video, I share a simple bio poem format that works well as a year opener, an end-of-year activity, or a change-of-pace lesson anytime your students need something a little different. Bio poems give students a structured way to respond to prompts,… Read More Bio Poems for Get-to-Know-You Activities in World Language Class
Use odes as a meaningful writing activity for language learning! In this video, I share a simple way to bring odes into language class so students can write about something that matters to them. If you teach Spanish, Pablo Neruda’s odes are a natural place to begin, but this idea can also work in French… Read More Odes for Language Learning in Spanish and French Class
Turn vocabulary review into a quick, high-interest classroom game! In this video, I share a simple buzzer activity you can use with a vocabulary page from your language program. Students work in groups, use categories from the vocabulary list, draw clues, and buzz in when they are ready to guess. It feels a little like… Read More Fun Buzzer Vocabulary Game for World Language Class