You know, if you can’t make it to ACTFL, CSCTFL is definitely a solid substitute. So many of the brightest minds in language education were there to talk with and learn from, that I almost couldn’t tell it wasn’t the national conference! Not that all of us SCOLT, SWCOLT, and Read more…
Complete Verbos Esenciales poster setavailable on TeachersPayTeachers.com Ten essential verbs have made all the difference in my students’ confidence and target language communication. My students use these verbs to get their point across in questions for me, collaborations with peers, and reflections for themselves. With these verbs and whatever vocabulary they Read more…
My students are trying to inspire eight-year-olds to read in Spanish, and I’m trying to help my students increase their target language proficiency at the same time. So early in the unit, I wanted to set up a sort of IPA pre-test to establish where they are just starting the semester, so Read more…
We’ll celebrate at the Mexican restaurant after the language festival whether or not we take home a trophy like last time. However, if we’re going to go, we’re going to go big, and we’re going to put on a performance we can all be proud of. Once the class narrowed Read more…
The kids are hooked and burning to learn more. It would be neat if we could just set them loose with questions as soon as we see enough smoke to tell us the fire’s lit, but world language teachers must first stock our little firebugs with communication kindling to make Read more…