You could just assign a writing task to see what they can do. And they could just run the whole thing with a translator. You could have them upload a video of themselves speaking. And they could script the whole thing–and then run it through a translator. You could have Read more…
The linguistic world is a-changing. We all have pretty awesome translators in our pockets–some even say the Babelfish of Hitchhiker’s fame is already here! I mean, my students don’t have it, and I doubt they will for years to come (I suspect it’ll be a luxury item for the duration Read more…
I need to know two things about the students who will make up my first ever online class: Who they are What they can do I’ve only really taught a Spanish III class once before, though I’ve had 3s mixed in with 2s and one brilliant and motivated independent study student Read more…
Highlighting is perhaps the most basic way for a reader to demonstrate interaction with a text. Highlighting is actual physical interaction that does not require readers to produce any new language, just interpret the input. Yet it allows readers to process and organize the input they are observing. Color coded Read more…
Find the updated project here This project was not fully cooked when I started teaching it. It’s also lain dormant for at least two years, maybe four. I really did have some good ideas in the olden days, but they do need to be reexamined and revamped to work now. Read more…
Two things were missing: interpersonal interaction and sufficient authentic input. Also, engagement had been stretched a little thin, either by note-taking (although in a form not quite as dry as other methods) or a pretty solid week of writing and revising. My Spanish 3 pack needed to be exposed to more Read more…
Found a neat online picture book version! Every teenager has an “And then I knew I was an adult” story, don’t they? By junior or senior year, surely. Right? I’m having a hard time fitting the whole personal histories idea into my vision of the pre-partum school year, and I had Read more…