Character Trading Cards
January 26, 2024
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Let’s talk trading cards. Did you love to collect and trade them when you were a kid? Maybe you still do as an adult. They
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Interpersonal Communication Ideas
May 24, 2023
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Before I start with activities and ideas for students to communicate with each other, let’s look at what interpersonal communication looks like in the classroom.
Story Prompt Cards
May 23, 2023
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In today’s world, language learning is not just about memorizing vocabulary and grammar rules; it’s about immersing oneself in the culture, expressing ideas, and engaging
Challenge yourself! Mix it up! Get them using the language!
April 6, 2023
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Get them using the language: A while back I posted about communication first in the target language. I discussed the importance of communication in the
Question and Answer Match
January 26, 2022
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I am always looking for more activities to use for the interpretive mode in the classroom. So I was happy to stumble upon this idea
AP Themes – The Interpretive Task
January 31, 2021
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AP Themes – The Interpretive Task It is easy to incorporate AP themes in the ASL classroom. There are resources out there for teachers to
Performance Based Testing Examples
March 26, 2020
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What is a Performance-Based Test? In a recent post I discussed performance-based testing and some of the positive and negative points of changing the way you
The IPA in the ASL Classroom
February 9, 2020
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Many people associate the IPA with an adult beverage. However, the IPA stands for Integrated Performance Assessment. It is used in world languages classrooms all
The Importance of Peer-to-Peer Communication
January 10, 2020
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Peer-to-Peer Communication When I asked my students about communicating in class they asked for more short conversations with different partners and time to do this
Communication First
October 6, 2019
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By now we all know the 5 C’s of World Language teaching…Communication, Culture, Comparisons, Community, and Connections. They are, after all, the foundation to what