You’re Speaking My Language
Thoughts, Tips, and Practical Ideas for World Language Teachers
Keeping Your Sanity when your Students Won’t Behave (Part 4)
Working with difficult students requires us to model what we want our students to become: Calm. Confident. Knowledgeable. Caring. Unflappable. Here’s how.
18 Classroom Management Suggestions for a Difficult Class (Part 3)
Firm structure and thoughtful classroom practices can help you meet the needs of challenging students.
What to Do When Kids Won’t Follow the Rules (Part 2)
Deep in their hearts EVERY student has the same question: “What are you going to do about it?” Effective teachers provide a quick, calm, and fair answer.
What to Do When Your Class is Awful (Part 1)
It’s incredibly hard to teach when your students wont behave. It’s demoralizing, and there are no easy answers. Here are 18 suggestions to - not fix it, but to help make it better. (Part 1)
Free AI Image Generators for Students (Continued)
AI art generators are evolving quickly. Teachers and Parents have got to keep up!
Free AI Image Generators for Kids
AI art generators are evolving quickly. Teachers and Parents have got to keep up!
6 more things AI Can’t Do
Learning when to use AI - and when not to - is increasingly part of being a teacher… and a human!
10 Books you should add to your classroom French library
High interest, high context, low reading level texts to engage your French students!
Assessing Independent Reading in World Language Classes
How can teachers hold students accountable for their reading, assess true comprehension, and discourage reliance on translators? These practices can help!
6 Tips to Help World Language Students Read Independently
Well-implemented independent reading is low-prep, high-impact, and 100% individualized.
Building an Irresistible Classroom Library for your World Language Students
Creating Independent Readers takes more than a pile of books on a shelf: we must curate an engaging library and equip students with tools to explore and enjoy target language texts.
Using Flexible Seating in High School
(or, why I hauled in the sofas and beanbags… and then hauled them right back out again).
3 YouTubers to Use in French Class
Harness pop culture for French instruction. The same students who tune you out will spend long periods of focused listening to understand a funny YouTuber!
Free, Low-Prep Tech Tools to use in World Language Classes
Having a few tech tools up your sleeve can save the day when you have to re-plan on short notice!
Easy Cold Tapas Recipes to Make with your Students
Introduce your students to Spanish cuisine with these easy, no-cook tapas recipes!
Recipes You Can Use in Spanish Class
Cooking with students brings culture, practical skills, and enthusiasm to your classroom!
Authentic Vocabulary Instruction: Tips for Implementation
Teaching vocabulary from authentic source documents and having students develop their own vocabulary lists develops student buy-in, language learning capacity, and confidence!
Low-Prep Techniques to Differentiate Vocabulary Instruction
When students learn vocabulary from target-language sources, differentiating is easy and stress free!
Chat GPT to the rescue!
No more tedious writing for teachers - Chat GPT can draft practice activities and student prompts in seconds!