The most important question you can ask yourself in February as a French teacher is....how are you teaching Black History Month in your French Class? I'll be honest with you, in all the schools I've taught in, Black History Month is something that gets neglected in French class, despite the … [Read more...] about Black History Month Ideas for French Class
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The Best Target Language Teaching Strategies from Bryce Hedstrom
The name Bryce Hedstrom in the World Language community has a robust, 30-year ring to it for a reason : experience in not only creating, but also teaching teachers the best instructional strategies in world language today. He's the writer of many books, the creator of many practices such as my … [Read more...] about The Best Target Language Teaching Strategies from Bryce Hedstrom
An Unconventional Classroom Management Strategy for Spanish Teachers
Classroom management for Spanish teachers is different than most other classroom environments, since we have the unique challenge of maintaining our target language use. When Ellen told me about her nightmare Spanish 1 class and her dream strategy for classroom management, I told her that she had to … [Read more...] about An Unconventional Classroom Management Strategy for Spanish Teachers
Why 90% Target Language is 100% Possible in Your World Language Classroom
Don't worry, world language teachers - we all know why you're here. You've been trying out proficiency-based instruction like comprehensible input strategies but you've run into a snag : how to teach in the target language. I mean for real, 90% target language? Do you realize that's 9 out of 10 … [Read more...] about Why 90% Target Language is 100% Possible in Your World Language Classroom
How to Teach with 90% Target Language – 10 Days to 90% Challenge!
Are you a Spanish teacher ready to stop wishing and get serious about using 90% target language in your world language classroom? Are you a French teacher who knows that ACTFL recommends at least 90% but has no idea how to get there? You're in the right place, because for the next 10 days on … [Read more...] about How to Teach with 90% Target Language – 10 Days to 90% Challenge!
What is Comprehensible Input?
Hint: comprehensible input is not a fad, it's not a method, and it's not going away in the world of language teaching and learning. The reason why comprehensible input teaching strategies are so important to understand is because -surprise!- you're already doing it. Teaching with comprehensible … [Read more...] about What is Comprehensible Input?
