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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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What I love and hate about Comprehensible Input
Whether you love it or hate it, Comprehensible Input (CI) is definitely the world language buzz word right now…
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What to do when students won’t speak in Spanish
One of my biggest struggles with my Spanish Language Arts classes is getting students to speak in Spanish during…
