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Coming Together - #iFLT16 Day 2
I panicked.Tuesday night, after an hour and no fewer than 68 repetitions of the target structure, all I could get was something like Hatshepsut capisce kaput. I still remembered Shto eta? from Camp...
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My Job - #iFLT16 Day 3
There is only one thing I really have to do as a language teacher:Make my students feel good.As my CSCTFL amiga and unofficial coach for the day, Michelle, said, it's simple,but it ain't easy. So many...
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GUEST POST: Take Language out of the Classroom - immersion weekend
Each week of the ASU Summer Institute 2016, I'll be featuring ideas from amigos I met through Summer Institute in years past. This week, Jeff Pageau helps answer the question, "How do I develop a...
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GUEST POST: The W.A.Y.: Start an after-school club
Each week of the ASU Summer Institute 2016, I have featured ideas from amigos I met through Summer Institute in years past. This week, Linda Carrillo helps answer the question, "How do I start an...
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¡Pokemon VAMOS! Pokemon GO! for Spanish Class
Gaming, fantasy, escapism.I informally surveyed my soon-to-be students about their interests after exams last year, and these were the themes I gathered from their responses. Half of my soon-to-be...
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HOW and WHY? The Most Essential Essential Questions for Spanish I EVER
Spanish I is going to be one big PBL project this year, all leading up to the answers to the biggest driving question in any novice Spanish class:Spanish: HOW and WHY?In fact, forget "Spanish I" or...
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The Best Worst First Day Ever
It almost didn't even matter that my SMARTboard speakers wouldn't work and that the broken air conditioning made my room so humid that I was literally slipping and sliding by the end of the day. And...
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First Day Homework - Collages for conversation
Engaging discussions in Spanish? On the second day of Spanish ONE?How is this possible??I'll tell you:* clear expectations and support* functional chunks* Google Apps* and three magic...
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Sra. Spanglish Tech Tips: Prism
Highlighting is perhaps the most basic way for a reader to demonstrate interaction with a text. Highlighting is actual physical interaction that does not require readers to produce any new language,...
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Google Drawing for Interpretation
I want students to be able to show me what they understand, and I want it to look nice when they do. So I've been putting the text on a Google Drawing and having them add their interpretations straight...
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Getting to Know Online Students in Spanish
I need to know two things about the students who will make up my first ever online class:Who they areWhat they can doI've only really taught a Spanish III class once before, though I've had 3s mixed in...
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New Translator Policy
The linguistic world is a-changing. We all have pretty awesome translators in our pockets--some even say the Babelfish of Hitchhiker's fame is already here! I mean, my students don't have it, and I...
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Authentic Texts as Windows: Products and Perspectives
When I was in college, interpreting Spanish was like looking through a window. A very thick, very small, very dirty window. I could perceive what I was looking at, but just barely, and with great...
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Inquiry and Agentes Secretos
My grand experiment this year will be a semester-long personalized PBL passion project. Everything we do will lead up to the interdisciplinary marketing project that has become a keystone of the...
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Gaming Language - A novice PBL unit
I started playing Pokemon GO! for my students and now I can't stop.That's right.It's for work.As I harnessed the power of the Netflix binge with the telenovela unit, I need to harness the power of...
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3 Infographs for Gamification in Novice Spanish
I wish I could infograph all day. Reading infographs, analyzing infographs, creating infographs--and it doesn't matter the topic. From eyeliner to Einstein, ancient artifacts, augmented reality, or...
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Winners, Losers, and Participation Trophies
A motivational speaker once stood up and told all of our entire student body that they will have to cut some people loose if they want to succeed, that they need to separate themselves from certain...
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#OFLTA16 Presentations
How cool is it that I got to fly halfway across the country for my Saturday morning PD? I mean, I'll miss #LangChat this morning, but I get to physically hang out with some of my PLN amigos I'd only...
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5 Tips for Low-Stress Interpersonal Assessment
Ah, the affective filter, our old friend. It's not that students can't do what we ask most of the time, but that they have this little barrier that inches higher and higher the more they stress out....
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Flubaroo for Badges
Badges help my students keep up with their progress--and they like them.But keeping up with badges usually means extra work for me: I've made spreadsheets and rubrics, had students submit evidence to...
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