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
Category: grammar
I recently had the honor of presenting at NYSAFLT‘s Summer Institute on collaborative slides and PowerPoints, a topic I have been covering a lot lately […] Read More
This is my fourth post about using collaborative PowerPoints in class. Click here to read all the posts in this series. In this post I’ll […] Read More
With our revamped curriculum this year, I had an opportunity to try some new projects with my students. Over the past year, I have developed […] Read More
This activity is based on Amy Lenord’s Superhero Talk Read Talk Write Lesson. I took elements of her lesson and adapted them to suit a […] Read More
I previously blogged about introducing students to pronouns out of context. In this post, I will share some ways I target specific pronouns in a more […] Read More
An important part of communicating in any language is being able to specify who is doing an action. In many romance languages, subject pronouns are […] Read More
This year I was awarded a grant from the Saratoga Foundation for Innovative Learning for a set of 10 iPads to be shared among the department. […] Read More
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
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post called A Thorough Guide to How to Use a Dictionary for French Students. I […] Read More
