The best language games to play in online classes
Whether you’re teaching Spanish, French, Mandarin or English, you are likely offering some sort of live lessons on Zoom…
World Language Project: A city guide brochure
If you are doing a unit on travel, cities or geography, then here is the perfect project for you!…
Teaching students about eating insects
Last summer, when I was traveling in Oaxaca, I ate my first insect. I’ve never been a super adventurous…
My favorite no-prep, student-centered bingo for teaching the preterite
Students (and teachers) love bingo, but it’s usually used in lower levels for basics like vocabulary and numbers. I’ve…
What it’s like to work as a CIEE Global Navigator Summer Program Leader
I’ve worked as a Program Leader for the CIEE Global Navigator program for high school students going abroad, between…
Definitions: Heritage Speaker v. Native Speaker v. World Language learner
What is a heritage speaker? You’ve probably heard the terms native speaker, heritage speaker, and world language learner to…
Five reasons language learners should know the history of a language
Learning about the history of a language is usually reserved for college linguistics classes, not high school students or…
Map Activities for Spanish and World Languages
If you’re a teacher you may think of maps as a Social Studies activity, or a tool to prepare…
Activity for teaching Spanish slang and dialects
One of the goals I have for my students is to expose them to different dialects of Spanish and…
Getting to the roots of language and power with Chalk Talk for heritage learners
The first unit in my Spanish Language Arts curriculum is about Spanish as a world language. We look at…