World Languages
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in world languages.
Making Cultural Connections Through Technology
While most students aren’t able to travel across the globe, teachers can bring cultures from many places into the classroom via videoconferencing.Increasing Talk Time in World Language Classes
Teachers can experiment with a variety of strategies to build and assess students’ ability to converse in the target language.Jump-Starting Academic Learning With Movement and Dance
The benefits of movement in the classroom aren’t limited to younger students. Pairing new words and concepts with gestures or dance moves locks in understanding—and active brain breaks prime students to learn even more.19.4kYour content has been saved!
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12 Fun Speaking Games for Language Learners
Every teacher has faced the struggle of encouraging students to speak. Here's a list of a fun activities to get your students to talking.108.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.60-Second Strategy: Whiteboard Relay
The team competition is fierce in this informal assessment activity, in which students have to work together to win.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Harnessing AI for Standards Alignment in World Languages
Aligning lessons with standards is time-consuming, and this is an area of planning where AI tools can be helpful.272Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Benefits of Learning a Second Language
It’s a myth that learning a new language interferes with a child’s development.12.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Do’s & Don’ts for Teaching English-Language Learners
In an excerpt from his book with fellow teacher Katie Hull Sypnieski, blogger Larry Ferlazzo looks at a few basic ways to reach students who are learning English as well as the subject at hand.13.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Bringing Universal Design for Learning to the World Language Classroom
Shifting to student-led instruction through UDL can be challenging in these classes, but it can work with the right scaffolds.17 Fun Games to Get World Language Learners Talking
When learning a new language, speaking in front of peers can be daunting. These games can help alleviate pressure and lower the stakes for students.Authentic Activities for the World Language Classroom
More than 30 exercises to keep your students engaged and learning.9.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Maintaining Students’ Motivation for Learning as the Year Goes On
Neuroscience can suggest ways to keep students working toward their learning goals after their initial excitement wears off.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Top Tech Tools for World Language Classes
See how to adapt popular apps to get students speaking, listening, reading, and writing in the target language.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Enhancing World Language Instruction With AI Image Generators
By crafting an AI prompt in the target language to create an image, students can get immediate feedback on their communication skills.625Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.4 Activities to Boost Target Language Vocabulary Acquisition
To give his students repeated exposure to relevant vocabulary terms, the author relies on a tried-and-true tool: index cards.4.4kYour content has been saved!
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