World Language Classroom
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World Language Classroom
Tips, Tools and Resources for world language teachers who want their students to rise in proficiency and communicate with confidence.
Nýlegir þættir
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6 Activities for Interaction and Discussion in the Language Classroom
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This is the first of 3 episodes in a series on CI Strategies. There will be an episode on Story Telling and Narrative techniques, one on R...
Using Authentic Texts at Every Level
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Have you ever wanted to use an authentic resource like a menu, a meme, or a social media post, but thought, “My students aren’t ready for t...
Assessment & Feedback: Supporting Growth, Not Just Grades
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Are your assessments really capturing what your students can do with the language? Or are they just measuring memorization and correctness?...
Boost Interpersonal Speaking Skills at All Levels
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Do your students freeze up during partner conversations? Rely on memorized phrases? Default to English? It’s not just your students, I assu...
Be Intentional With Your Planning
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Do your lessons ever feel like a mix of good activities that just don’t quite connect? You’re not alone—and it’s frustrating when all your...
Ready For Tomorrow Quick Wins
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Are you always looking for better ways to support your language learners? That’s probably why you listen to this podcast—because you care a...
Setting Goals for Students and Teachers
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Are your goals for this year focused on what you’ll teach or what your students will be able to do with the language? In this episode, we’r...
A Simple Way For Students to Understand Language Proficiency
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Do your students know exactly what they can do in the target language? If you asked them right now, could they tell you their current profi...
Revisit CI Activities and Planning for Proficiency
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This is episode 6 in my 2025 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer...
Revisit Calendar Talk and Special Person Interviews
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This is episode 5 in my 2025 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer...
Revisit the Leveling Up Coaching Episodes
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This is episode 4 in my 2025 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer...
Revisit Working Smarter and AI Tools
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This is episode 3 in my 2025 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer...
Revisit Authentic Texts and Products, Practices & Perspectives
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This is episode 2 in my 2025 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer...
Revisit Confidence in Speaking and Making Language Comprehensible
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This is episode 1 in my 2025 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer...
Get into Your 2025 Summer Headspace
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Now that the school year is over hopefully you have a little less on your mind and have a little extra time. This is the perfect time to ge...
Black History & Hispanic Heritage in Language Curriculum with Jenniffer Whyte
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What do we mean when we talk about representation in the classroom? More specifically representation in our language classrooms? How can w...
Planning and Teaching for Proficiency
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I want to make sure that you start your new school in the fall with a clear framework for planning and teaching for proficiency. I created...
Ideas to Get Students Speaking More with Sherry Sebesta
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Do you have some go-to activities to motivate your students to speak and engage with the target language in your classroom? Are you always...
Tips for Common Challenges in Proficiency-Based Classrooms
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How do you feel about the CI strategies, proficiency-based procedures or communicative language teaching that you do in your classroom? Yo...
Celebrating Identity and Dialects in Heritage Classes with Courtney Nygaard
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How can celebrating identity and dialects transform the experience of language learners? In this episode I'm joined by Courtney Nygaard, a...
Engaging Routines in the Language Classroom with Tia Parnell
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How can simple, consistent routines create a classroom where students communicate confidently in the target language every day? In this ep...
How & Why To Do a Write and Discuss
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Have you heard of a Write and Discuss or have you tried it in your classroom? If you've done it, you know how useful and beneficial it is f...
Immerse Your Students in Arts and Culture with Heidi Trude
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What if your students could step inside the Louvre Museum, explore Frida Kahlo’s studio, or walk through the streets of ancient cities, all...
Teaching Grammar For Proficiency with Catherine Ritz and Mike Travers
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There are lots of misconceptions about teaching grammar. There are also opinions about whether or not there is a place for teaching grammar...
Global Connections and Service Learning with Chris Howell from the Pulsera Project
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Where do you find opportunities for exploring language and culture beyond the classroom? Have you found ways to involve your students in se...
15 Ways to Engage Students with Task Cards
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Do you use task cards? How can we get the most out of them in our language classrooms? Task cards are useful tools for building engagement,...
CI When Required to Use a Textbook with Ashley Mikkelsen
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How much flexibility or autonomy do you have over your curriculum? Are you able to integrate CI techniques and procedures? This can be a bi...
Pre-Speaking and Writing Routines That Build Confidence
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Do you have effective routines that support your students’ language proficiency and communication skills? We often think of the communicat...
Using Podcast Episodes as Departmental PD with Andrea Caulfield
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A few weeks back I posted on LinkIn and Andrea Caulfield left a comment. Andrea is the World Language Curriculum Specialist in Denver Publi...
Project That Engages Students in Story Details
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We are all well aware of the importance of comprehensible input in our classrooms, and to support this many of us use stories as the way to...
Speaking Activities for Any Grammar or Vocabulary with Jessica Hall
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We are always taking on new vocabulary themes and language structures in our language classroom. How do you make sure that your students ar...
Standards-Based Grading In Proficiency-Based Instruction with Jude Krushnowski
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What do your grades look like? Do the grades that your students earn reflect their mastery and what they can do with and in the target lang...
Write Effective Can Do Statements
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How do we ensure our students know exactly what they’re working toward in their language learning journey? In this episode, we’re diving in...
Universal Truths about Teaching with Carmen Scoggins
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What have you learned about your teaching throughout your years of experience? Do you take time to look introspectively at what works well...
10 Interactive Writing Activities For Your Language Classroom
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Are you always on the lookout for new and inventive ideas to bring to our classrooms. I have one simple, yet powerful, tool. A mini-foldin...
Supporting Students with AI tools with Noemi Rodriguez
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Are you getting more comfortable with AI tools? Are you finding ways to use them to enhance your teaching? Last year, Noemi Rodriguez joine...
Get the Most Out of Calendar Talk in Your Classroom
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Calendar talk is a CI (Comprehensible Input) activity that is part of many teachers' routines in the classroom. It is essentially just tha...
Hexagonal Grouping with Erin Coleman
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Have you seen teachers posting on social media about their hexagonal grouping activities? I certainly have and I got curious about how it w...
CI Activities You Can Do Today
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Do you have particular activities and procedures that you use to engage students in your classroom? Many of us have these tried-and-true go...
Special Person Interviews with Bryce Hedstrom
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What have you heard about special person interviews in world language classes? Maybe you have tried them yourself. In today’s episode I spe...