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Language Learning Through Music and Film with Sybil Sanchez Jacome
Season 1 Episode 247
#247
Do you use songs and films with your students? Do you have some go-to activities that you normally do, but could maybe use some new ideas? In th…
2 months, 1 week ago
5 Strategies to Move Beyond Q&A in Classroom Discussions
Season 1 Episode 246
#246
Your students read the text and you had comprehension questions ready, yet the conversation never really took off. Instead of an authentic discus…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Language and Culture Through the United Nations SDGs with Carmen Reyes
Season 1 Episode 245
What if language class could help students talk about the issues shaping our world today? In this episode, I’m joined by Carmen Reyes, a Spanish teac…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
No Prep Speaking and Writing Activities
Season 1 Episode 244
#244
Have you ever reached the last five minutes of class and thought, I wish my students spoke or wrote a little bit more today… but we didn’t have t…
3 months ago
Daily Strategies That Build Comprehension
Season 1 Episode 243
#243
Have your students finished listening to something or reading in the target language and you looked around the room, and wondered… Did anyone act…
3 months, 1 week ago
Turn That Vocabulary List Into A Communicative Activity
Season 1 Episode 242
#242
Do you have required vocabulary lists by units that you’re expected to teach? Let’s say that you have a list of 30 or 40 words per unit. Your col…
3 months, 1 week ago
Practical Ways to Bring Art to Your Language Classroom with Courtney Bonino
Season 1 Episode 241
#241
What would happen if the artwork on your classroom walls became the catalyst for real communication in the target language? In this episode I’m j…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Improve Student Writing with Frames & Scaffolds
Season 1 Episode 240
#240
Do your students sometimes struggle to get their ideas down in writing because they aren’t sure how to start or how to say exactly what they mean…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Short Writing Tasks that Build Confidence
Season 1 Episode 239
#239
Do your students sometimes feel overwhelmed or a little hesitant when you ask them to write in the target language? Building writing confidence d…
4 months ago
National Board Certification for Language Teachers with Erin E.H. Austin and Lisa Bartels
Season 1 Episode 238
#238
Do you want to deepen your practice as a world language teacher and sharpen your skills around proficiency? In today’s episode, we’re exploring …
4 months, 1 week ago