7 Simple Tips for Staying Comprehensible in the World Language Classroom
We all know that we need to use comprehensible input in our French, Spanish, Italian, and other World Language classes… but in my experience, how to implement effective comprehensible input strategies is rarely discussed. In this blog post, I am sharing SEVEN tips for how you can stay comprehensible so that you ensure your students are understanding the messages you are delivering to them.
French, Spanish, and Italian School Unit Lesson Planning
Need some ideas for how to plan your French, Spanish, or Italian School Unit? In this post, I walk you through how to plan for this unit. I include all of the instructional, practice, and assessment materials that you’ll need, and I give tips and strategies for how to pace your unit, what activities to implement and how, and ideas for assessing student learning.
Unlocking Language Proficiency: The Role of Comprehensible Input in the World Language Classroom
Comprehensible Input is a term that all World Language Teachers should be familiar with. In my own teaching practice, I would consider comprehensible input to be a part of my “core beliefs” that guide my philosophy of World Language teaching and that inform the decisions I make regarding planning, instruction, and assessment. In this blog post, I’m going to talk about what comprehensible input is and how to begin using it effectively in your World Language classroom so that you can begin unlocking your students’ innate ability to acquire language and gain proficiency.
French, Spanish, and Italian Sports & Hobbies Unit Lesson Planning
Need some ideas for how to plan your French, Spanish, or Italian Sports & Hobbies Unit? In this post, I walk you through how to plan for this unit. I include all of the instructional, practice, and assessment materials that you’ll need, and I give tips and strategies for how to pace your unit, what activities to implement and how, and ideas for assessing student learning.
World Language Teaching Tools, Gadgets, and Gizmos!
Being a World Language teacher is a tough job! Fortunately, there are tools, gadgets, and gizmos that help make our lives as French, Spanish, and Italian teachers a bit easier. In this post, I share 7 teaching items that have helped reduce some of the nuisances and micro-stressors of my day-to-day teaching experience. Compounded over time, these gadgets have actually made a HUGE impact to my teaching satisfaction and overall quality of life.
French, Spanish, and Italian Weather, Days of the Week, Seasons, Months Unit Lesson Planning
Need some ideas for how to plan your French, Spanish, or Italian Weather, Days of the Week, Seasons, and Months Unit? In this post, I walk you through how to plan for this unit. I include all of the instructional, practice, and assessment materials that you’ll need, and I give tips and strategies for how to pace your unit, what activities to implement and how, and ideas for assessing student learning.
Simplifying World Language Sub Plans: A Guide to Streamlining for Emergencies and Illnesses
You or a family member are feeling under the weather, and you’re stressing because you have no idea what to leave your French, Spanish, Italian, or German students to keep them productive and engaged during class. Sound familiar? In this post, you’ll learn how to simplify and streamline your process for leaving sub plans and activities for your classes.
Goal Setting for the New Year: World Language Teacher Edition!
As the year is winding down, I decided that I would spend some time this month taking a good, hard look at how the school year has been unfolding thus far and determine just a few key areas in my teaching that I would like to improve upon, along with actionable steps to help me reach my goals. In this blog post, I’m going to share my goal-setting process with you so that you, too, can start thinking about how you would like the next year to unfold in your World Language classroom.
Revolutionize Your Classroom: Top 7 Tech Tools for World Language Teachers
Unlock the full potential of technology in your World Language classroom! Discover innovative strategies and essential tech tools that will help empower you to elevate your teaching practices and increase student engagement. In this blog post, I discuss SEVEN tech tools that I personally use in my World Language classroom and provide some ideas for how you can incorporate them in your French, Spanish, or Italian class, too! For each tech platform, I give a BEGINNER TIP as well as a PRO TIP, so there’s a little something for everyone in this post, regardless of where you may fall on the World Language Teacher Tech spectrum!
How to Ace your Teacher Observation
Many teachers dread being observed, and for good reason. We tend to be very territorial of our teaching practices, and having an administrator enter our classrooms and evaluate our performance based on a 20-40 minute lesson can be overwhelming even for the most veteran teachers. In this blog post, I’m sharing a handful of practical, actionable tips that will help you to perform better, feel more confident, reduce anxiety during your next teacher observation.