While translation activities certainly have their place and can be useful in certain contexts, I still wherever possible try to design my lessons and activities […] Read More
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Are you looking for some activities to build rapport with your students that go beyond the traditional beginning of the year ice breakers? In this […] Read More
I’ve been doing variations of this activity for so long, I can’t even remember where I heard about it first, but I believe it was […] Read More
Teachers had to make a lot of changes in the 2020-2021 school year to adapt to hybrid and virtual instruction. While I thought this year, […] Read More
Back in 2016 I blogged about a speaking activity where students made a short video in groups using Adobe Spark to give a weather forecast. […] Read More
Last year I blogged about incorporating my own photography into my teaching. This post will draw on parts of that, as I share how I […] Read More
As 2021 comes to a close (and whoa, what a year it was), I am reflecting on what new tools and games I tried this […] Read More
I’ve been teaching novice learners for nearly 12 years. When I first began, I was more grammar and accuracy focused in terms of my expectations […] Read More
Back in 2015, I wrote a post about Introducing French Students to Impressionism. I recommend reading that post before reading this one, because this post […] Read More
In my time spent in professional development sessions, having discussions with colleagues and browsing conversations being had on the internet, I know that gender-inclusive language […] Read More
