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What to do with all those travel photos
Admit it. You have hundreds, if not thousands, of photos that you’ve collected from your travels to the target culture. And how many of them have your students seen? Here’s an easy way to share them passively with students, some … Continue reading
Class Novel Tips
We asked students in a survey what helped them understand the class novel the most Here are some of the most descriptive answers:
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What students are saying about FVR
In our most previous post, students shared how reading a novel in the target language made them feel, offering wonderful insight into the reading experience in the world language classroom. Another question we asked on a student survey, was for … Continue reading
The effects of Reading in WL class
If you want to see how effective reading can be in the world language classroom, just ask your students. As our year is winding down, I had students fill out a google survey to get some of their feedback and … Continue reading
Posted in reading, TPRS
Tagged class novel, feedback, reading, Spanish novels, student survey
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Summer Acquisition
With summer vacation on the way, students can’t get comprehensible input from their teacher. But there are some activities that can provide enrichment for students over the summer or allow them to access to some input. The following infographic gives … Continue reading
Reclaiming Cinco
You may think that celebrating cinco de mayo in your Spanish class is a fun reward for students at the end of the year to celebrate a year of language learning. But what are dangerous effects? As an educator are … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged 5 de mayo, cinco de mayo, cultural appropriation, masquesombreros, mexican culture, morethansombreros
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Tone Reading
The following is another CI activity that you can use with a chapter reading or with random sentences using a targeted structure. This activity gets in extra reps of the phrases in an engaging and fun manner, which is really … Continue reading
Justo o Injusto
While reading the Fluency Fast novel Esperanza by Carol Gaab, one of the main themes is la injusticia. While I know that some teachers use this book in high levels (2/3), I use it with my level 1 students in … Continue reading
Sorting Activity for Class Reading
If you are reading a novel in your world language class, this activity is a great way to make sure students take away the most important events. Similar to a Yellow Summary, where students highlight the most important, this activity … Continue reading
Posted in reading, Storytelling, TPRS
Tagged CI, Esperanza, novels, reading, sorting
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