World Language Professional Development for 2025
If you are a language teacher, one of the best ways to grow and improve your practice is through…
Is Duolingo Effective? My Personal Review as a Language Teacher
If you are a language learner or teacher you probably know Duolingo. This free app and computer program is…
What’s it like to teach online?: My experience with three companies
With all the challenges that teachers are facing these days, many teachers are looking at ways to continue doing…
Get Outside: outdoor games for ESL or world language classes
Whether you are teaching ESL abroad, Spanish in the U.S., or French in Canada, here is a list of…
My Go-To First Day of Spanish Class Activities
All teachers know that the first day of school is important. We want to start off the year on…
AMBICIOSO: A Culturally-Authentic Spanish Number Game
Looking for a new beginner-level Spanish number game to play in class? Here’s one I just learned about, Ambicioso….
What it’s like to do a Palenque Colombia tour
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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…
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 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…