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What is PBL in the TL?

Project-Based Learning in the Target Language means students are using their new language to accomplish something meaningful while they develop language proficiency. Discover ways to engage students, assess and improve performance, while promoting personal growth and building a global community of sharing.

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Spanish 1 as Connections 101

"A thread is a clear connection between a main theme and every conversation that follows." Matthew R. Kay, Not Light, but Fire. Chapter 3 set me off in a timely tangent, preparing for teaching in the time of Corona. What thread would tie my Spanish 1 courses together? What worthy theme would logically, and naturally, relate to whatever we learn--to the deeper purpose of even LEARNING a language? I brainstormed a list of about 11 questions that I thought could really matter, really connect the whole experience. But I came back to one and brainstormed some more...

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