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After tying in the semifinals twice, CALMA became this year’s winner in my classroom. 6th champion in 7 years. #MarchMusicaMadness #spanishteacher #locurademarzoSemifinals today! #locurademarzo #marchmusicanadness #maniamusical #spanishteacherIn need of an activity for the period? Play an audiobook of a chapter and have students draw what is happening. After I explain necessary background info (in target language, of course), we listen to the audiobook version. Takes up whole period. @fluencymatters #fluencymatters #tprsbooks #ciworks #comprehensibleinput #elekeko #spanishteacherSearch for this blog post on SpanishPlans.org #FVR #TPRS #spanishteacherLet’s stop pretending that Spanish class is just about memorizing verb endings! Communication happens through being an exchange of comprehensible utterances and negotiation of meaning. We need to empower our students to build their fluency! Knowing verb forms does not a communicator! #CIworks #spanishteacher #conjugation #language #learnlanguagesAnother way to practice lyrics of songs: check out our tutorials of using #lyricstraining by searching on SpanishPlans.orgWorld Language SLO
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- I know lots of people who have larger vocabularies than me in English; doesn’t mean I’m not fluent. twitter.com/langdreamer/st… 1 hour ago
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Category Archives: Discussion/Methodology
Leveling up
When a gamer beats a level of a game and moves on to the next level, it is called “Leveling up”. In certain games, you can increase your chances by earning more points, collecting coins, or obtaining specific weapons to … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTFL proficiency levels, level up, proficiency
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Proficiency Mindset Presentation
This past month, at the Illinois Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL) annual fall conference, I gave my first presentation in a session titled “Proficiency Mindset”. To view the presentation click: http://bit.ly/ProfMindset Let me know … Continue reading
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Tagged ictfl, ICTFL18, language acquisition, presentation, proficiency
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Language Acquisition Quote
If you are a teacher who teaches with comprehensible input (TCI) and accepts the research of language acquisition, I find it helpful to explain the reasons for doing what we do in class to students. This helps them understand the … Continue reading
CI Midwest Takeaways 2
It’s been about a busy month since CI Midwest took place but we finally have some time to post a few more of our thoughts and takeaways. Notes from Justin Slocum Bailey’s (@indwellinglang) session:
Posted in Discussion/Methodology, Lesson Plans
Tagged challenges, CIMW17, games, input, Minute to win it, talents
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Comprehensible Midwest Takeaway 1
This past weekend, I spent my Saturday with nearly 200 like-minded teachers at an amazing conference in Ripon, Wisconsin during the second annual Comprehensible Midwest Conference. It was such an amazing experience and I congratulate the small group that worked … Continue reading
Redefining Boot Verbs with CI
We’ve all heard of “boot verbs” to teach the conjugations forms of stem-changing verbs. Take the i–>ie stem changing verb querer: Cute, right? Well, sure….If you want your students to only be able to memorize verb forms without actually acquiring … Continue reading
Get a scoop of Proficiency
It was last year that I blogged about Promoting Performance, and I adopted Shelby County School’s ice cream metaphor throughout the year to talk about performance and proficiency with my students. My phrase to students on assessments or just to encourage them … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTFL proficiency levels, performance, proficiency
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What’s the Acronym for Acquisition?
We’ve all heard them. Most of us have probably even used them at one point or another. I’m talking about those cute little songs and acronyms to memorize grammar rules, irregular forms, verbs, and more. Example: Your students are learning … Continue reading
React in Spanish
Something I wish I would have done at the beginning of the year: Put a sheet of common Spanish expression on the students’ desks. Having them on each students desk or table, as opposed to a poster, makes it very handy … Continue reading
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Tagged common verbs, expressions, posters, reactions, storytelling, verbs
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Promoting Performance
In a performance and proficiency based classroom, students coming from traditional classroom needs some guidance. Musicuento uses an example of a “Talking about a taco” to show the different proficiency levels. Can you use singular words to talk about a … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, performance, proficiency, taco talk
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