The advent of Google Street View has allowed language teachers to bring culture closer to students than ever before. Even more recently, though, businesses and […] Read More
Category: authentic resources
Since the #Authres August initiative was shared by Sara-Elizabeth of Musicuentos, tons of language teacher bloggers have been sharing their resources. As my addition, here […] Read More
As French teachers, we focus so much on language, it can be easy to forget the culture piece to our teaching. Not all culture needs […] Read More
Back in the spring my department was given a set of 10 iPads through a generous grant. Since then, I have been blogging all about […] Read More
Updated 10/30/15 for the NYSAFLT Annual Conference. In February 2015, I presented at the NYSAFLT Capital-East Regional Conference on Finding and Using Authentic Resources with Checkpoint […] Read More
Carnaval and Mardi Gras are important celebrations, not just in the francophone world, but in many cultures around the world. Many of my 7th grade […] Read More
In December I teach my students about food and meal-taking customs in francophone countries. We learn about the importance of lunch time in France, different […] Read More
In November I teach my students about family. We learn the names of the members of the family, reinforce “le” and “la,” and introduce “mon,” […] Read More
As we all know, finding authentic resources that are level-appropriate for novices can be very difficult. Back in January, I came upon two articles in […] Read More
This post was updated on January 17, 2024. I had been planning this post for awhile, but now seemed as good a time as any […] Read More
