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Author: Samantha Decker

Posted onSeptember 18, 2014 edtech, lo-tech

The Value of Low-Tech in a High-Tech World

In my last post, I extolled the virtues of technology (specifically the Internet) with respect to the role it has played in languages education.  In […] Read More

Posted onSeptember 11, 2014 edtech

5 Ways the Internet Has Transformed Language Education

Language education has greatly benefited from the advent of new web-based or web-connected technology in the past 10-15 years.  When I first started learning French, […] Read More

Posted onAugust 26, 2014 rentrée

Back to School!

Back to school in my part of the world is right after Labor Day (Sept. 1). I’m looking forward to meeting a new group of […] Read More

Posted onAugust 7, 2014 crepes, cuisine, food, guest speakers, ravenous

Bringing French Cuisine to Life with Local Restaurant Owners

Since I’ve started teaching, I’ve had the owners of a local crêperie called Ravenous into my classroom every year to serve crêpes to my students, who […] Read More

Posted onJuly 30, 2014 edtech, projects, technology

Developing Students’ Presentational Skills and Digital Citizenship in a Culminating Project

Image by Sasa 383000 via Wikimedia Commons At the end of each school year, I always do a culminating project that focuses on French-speaking countries […] Read More

Posted onJuly 25, 2014 movies

Hollywood à Paris: My 10 Favorite American Movies Set in the City of Lights

Earlier this month I shared Summer Reading for French Teachers. Well, the summer’s not over yet, and now I’d like to share with you some […] Read More

Posted onJuly 21, 2014 art, guest posts, paris

Guest Post: We’ll Always Have Paris

In this guest post, Sybil Sage shares how she brought a taste of Paris into her New York home, and discovered an art form in […] Read More

Posted onJuly 19, 2014 books

Summer Reading for French Teachers and Francophiles

Now that summer’s in full swing, it’s time to sit back and relax with a nice book!  In this post, I’ll share with you some […] Read More

Posted onJune 22, 2014 June

End of the Year Activities for the French Classroom

Whew!  Please forgive me for not having posted to the blog in awhile.  As many of you know, the end of the school year can […] Read More

Posted onMay 21, 2014 grammar, methods

Le voyage de Bob L’éponge: A Short Story to Teach ER Verbs

Last summer, I wrote a story about SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick taking a trip as a way to introduce ER verbs to my students.  I’m […] Read More

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My name's Samantha Decker and I'm a middle school French teacher from Saratoga Springs, NY. I started The French Corner in high school as a resource for French students, and have since expanded it into a blog for French teachers. Read more about the blog here.

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