Tag Archives: input

CI Midwest Takeaways 2

Posted on October 14, 2017 by SpanishPlans

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:

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Ditching the verb chart

Posted on January 12, 2014 by spanishplans

A great blog post from French teacher @CecileLaine on changing your teaching strategies from verb charts and grammar based teaching to comprehensible input which will lead to performance based assessments where students actually use the language to communicate. By teaching … Continue reading →

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Engaging Food Input

Posted on November 3, 2013 by spanishplans

One of my favorite units is teaching about food. You can probably tell from the number of resources I’ve shared dealing with Comida. Here are some great input that will have students remembering key phrases and vocabulary related to the … Continue reading →