Whether you’re teaching Spanish, French, Mandarin or English, you are likely offering some sort of live lessons on Zoom or Google Hangouts during this crazy Covid-19 crisis. Here are some games that encourage target language […]
If you are doing a unit on travel, cities or geography, then here is the perfect project for you! It’s one of my favorites that I’ve done for years because it’s still fun and engaging
Last summer, when I was traveling in Oaxaca, I ate my first insect. I’ve never been a super adventurous eater, but I always like participating in local customs. One of the customs in Oaxaca is
Students (and teachers) love bingo, but it’s usually used in lower levels for basics like vocabulary and numbers. I’ve adapted a version for using it to teach the preterite (or passé composé in French) in
I’ve worked as a Program Leader for the CIEE Global Navigator program for high school students going abroad, between 2019 and the present in Rennes and Toulouse, France and Copenhagen, Denmark. I wanted to write
What is a heritage speaker? You’ve probably heard the terms native speaker, heritage speaker, and world language learner to describe language learners, but it can be very difficult to define who is a heritage speaker.
Learning about the history of a language is usually reserved for college linguistics classes, not high school students or beginning language learners. However, when taught in age and level-appropriate ways, knowing the history of a
If you’re a teacher you may think of maps as a Social Studies activity, or a tool to prepare for travel. In fact, if you’re a World Language teacher, there are so many reasons to
One of the goals I have for my students is to expose them to different dialects of Spanish and get them thinking of Spanish as a true world language. This is usually done starting in
The first unit in my Spanish Language Arts curriculum is about Spanish as a world language. We look at different dialects of Spanish, learn what the Real Academia Española is and argue whether or not
