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Check-Ins With Teachers From Coaching Episodes
Season 1 Episode 147
#147
Throughout the school year I published Leveling Up Coaching episodes with language teachers who are taking on a challenge area in their teaching …
2 years, 1 month ago
Interpretive Listening Strategies and Activities with Steven Lopez
Season 1 Episode 146
#146
When it comes to providing comprehensible input, is it possible to use authentic resources? In this episode, we explore how to use authentic list…
2 years, 1 month ago
Concrete Ways to Support Proficiency Growth
Season 1 Episode 145
#145
In this episode I’m taking on the question of leveling up. We often talk about proficiency levels and the output that goes along with each level…
2 years, 1 month ago
Using Student Performance Data to Adjust Our Teaching with Wyatt Crane
Season 1 Episode 144
#144
What do you do with the information that you learn from the assessments that you give students? Even if we are talking about end–of-unit summativ…
2 years, 2 months ago
Keep Up Your Own Target Language Proficiency and Confidence
Season 1 Episode 143
#143
If you’re not a native speaker, how do you maintain your proficiency and confidence in speaking the language that you teach? Today’s episode is a…
2 years, 2 months ago
Incorporating Current Events into the Language Classroom with Ben Tinsley
Season 1 Episode 142
#142
How do you address current events with your students? In this episode we take on the topic of current events in the language classroom with Ben T…
2 years, 2 months ago
Shifting the Focus from Grammar to Function
Season 1 Episode 141
#141
What have you heard about language functions? I see this as the idea of using the target language to communicate or convey a message rather than …
2 years, 2 months ago
Translanguaging with Dr. Uju Anya
Season 1 Episode 140
#140
Have you heard of the term “Translanguaging?” In this episode, we are going to explore this emerging concept in language teaching with Dr. Uju Ay…
2 years, 2 months ago
Strategies for Checking Comprehension
Season 1 Episode 139
#139
Do you feel that you provide comprehensible input to your students? Do you have a solid understanding of how beneficial this is to their languag…
2 years, 3 months ago
From Unit Plans to Daily Lessons
Season 1 Episode 138
#138
How do you take a unit plan and translate that into daily lessons? Today’s episode is a Leveling Up episode, where I coach Liz, a Spanish teacher…
2 years, 3 months ago