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Abby Bajuniemi

Next up for Google Plus Hangouts: Sign language support - Online Video News - 1 views

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  • “I actually cried with joy at reading this post and finding out that Google and the Google+ team actually care about all of their user base. Thank you very much for just thinking about us.”
    • Abby Bajuniemi
      Abby Bajuniemi on 05 Aug 12
       
      This really struck me because, as a hearing person, I take for granted that there might be issues for hearing-impaired people. It's so cool to me that developers are concerned about these users and are working to make their product a good one for them. This could also be relevant to those who wish to chat online with ASL "speakers" when they are trying to learn ASL! 
Marcie Pratt

The Educator's PLN - The personal learning network for educators - 0 views

edupln.ning.com

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  • Marcie Pratt on 21 Jul 13
     
    Has some interesting information maybe worth checking out.
Amy Uribe

Revisiting Twitter as an Educational Tool « Teaching Effectiveness Program - 3 views

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  • have used Twitter to facilitate class discussion and to gauge and deepen students’ interest and level of understanding.
  • raising awareness of personal branding. “I think it’s really important for students to think about the content of their accounts and the pictures they use,” which form part of a lasting “digital footprint,” she says. Faculty members often must remind students of the permanence of the Internet and its long-term effect on their professional image.
    • Edward Eiffler
      Edward Eiffler on 29 Jul 13
       
      Many students do not understand the danger of just posting anything
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  • “Our students don’t really need to be taught how to connect to each other online, but teaching them to be aware of their online environments, their roles in those environments, and what their roles could be in those environments is part of encouraging their cultural awareness. I think that we do a disservice to our students when we try to keep the internet out of our classrooms, and that we should instead be encouraging them to engage as much as possible (and as critically as possible) with the endless resources that the internet places at their fingertips.”
    • Amy Uribe
      Amy Uribe on 29 Jul 13
       
      I still have colleagues who will not allow laptops or smartphones in the classroom.  I like the idea of teaching students how to act in different online environments.  It is a useful tool.
  • Edward Eiffler on 29 Jul 13
     
    Twitter, the popular microblogging site that allows users to post 140-character "tweets," both intrigues and irritates faculty, according to a Faculty Focus survey. Some embrace it as a clever way to teach concision and get students writing, thinking, and connecting with the course material and one another.
Susan Wicht

Speaking Practice - 0 views

www.englishspeaking.org/king-about-a-persons-education

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  • Susan Wicht on 29 Jul 13
     
    Speaking practice: asking questions and answering questions about one's education. Making small talk about where one has been educated.
  • Jessica Rojas on 30 Jul 13
     
    Short and practical activities to practice speaking. Great!
Andy Wiesinger

VoiceThread - About - Digital Library - 3 views

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    • Andy Wiesinger
      Andy Wiesinger on 04 Aug 13
       
      About theories behind Voice Thread
  • Online classes often unknowingly " dehumanize" individuals simply because they are reduced to an e-mail address without the " personal" closeness that often occurs in a synchronous class setting
    • MariaEmicle Lopez
      MariaEmicle Lopez on 05 Aug 13
       
      I think we would all agree with this professor and you through the activities you created these past weeks. We have played and created Voicethread activities and see the benefits of it to help integrate and motivate students to be creative, participate and not go unnoticed.
  • Jessica Rojas on 05 Aug 13
     
    Great!! This teacher is very clear with his purposes and instructions to students.
Jessica Rojas

WikiMatrix - Compare them all - 0 views

www.wikimatrix.org

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  • Find the Wikis that match your personal needs: Just answer a few questions in the Wiki Choice Wizard or create a customized Search.
    • Jessica Rojas
      Jessica Rojas on 05 Aug 13
       
      Compare Wikis!! Amazing web page and lots of Wikis to compare. I am sure Wikimatrix will help you to make the best decision.
mpozangrist

Evernote's Penultimate for iPad now behaves more like a real notebook - 2 views

www.engadget.com/...penultimate-ipad-update

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  • mpozangrist on 19 Jul 14
     
    I have been using this app as a smart board. The advantages are: you can add/edit notes as you teach, highlight vocabulary or grammar elemen, you can also use notes from previous lessons and you could also email the presented material on the Ipad to students. Students love it and it makes learning more interactive.
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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 20 Jul 14
     
    Oh, I'm happy to hear how you've been using this! I've just recently downloaded Evernote to my tablet, but haven't done much with it yet.
  • yflanders on 20 Jul 14
     
    This sounds cool, my husband has been really happy with using the evernote. I'm going to try this out too. :D
  • kjjsk8 on 21 Jul 14
     
    I use evernote all of the time for a personal "to-do" list but I never thought of using it for class. Thanks for the great ideas!
Marlene Johnshoy

What's the best way to teach languages? | Teacher Network | The Guardian - 7 views

www.theguardian.com/...est-way-teach-language-schools

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  • my approach is much more topic based with as little grammar as possible
    • Marlene Johnshoy
      Marlene Johnshoy on 21 Jul 15
       
      The opposite of most traditional language courses.
  • anonymous on 17 Jul 15
     
    Although this article is about British language education and it's two years old, my interest was piqued when I read it: ""Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learnt. The best way is to tell students right away that they are responsible for their own learning process, and the teacher is just a guide who has to motivate them."" Made me think about relevancy and how Tech is only one part of that.
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  • Caroline Switzer Kelly on 18 Jul 15
     
    Fascinating article. Quotes a professor of linguistics who suggests that one reason for the move to Task Based learning is that in the UK, unlike in Europe, students don't know English grammar - so teachers can no longer use that as a bridge between languages! The article also quotes Michael Erard, author of 'Babel No More,' - a study of people who speak multiple languages - says: "They use a mix [of methods], with a focus on accomplishing tasks, whether it's communicative tasks or translation tasks."
  • anonymous on 19 Jul 15
     
    Yes, the Erard quote really gets to the heart of it: what combination of learning methods will work for each, individual student? Learning is personal and those who develop their own methods (hopefully with effective guidance) will go far.
  • marispi on 20 Jul 15
     
    Really interesting. I wonder if we changed the setting to the U.S. if the same difficulties would apply. I never really thought about grammar being discarded simply because students don't know it well enough. While I've found that most students we teach don't understand their mother tongue, I still think that the shift to task-based work had as much to do with the lack of real communication skills. Just teaching them grammar and relying on them to go abroad to learn to speak wasn't doing it. That being said, I think the mixture of methods is best, and by mixture I mean the integration of many methods into accomplishing a task. And I agree that the meta-learning is key.
  • Marlene Johnshoy on 21 Jul 15
     
    I remember getting a comment from a student once, many years ago, that she had learned more about English grammar in my Spanish class than anywhere else... (sigh)
rillia

5.1 Dogoriti.pdf - 1 views

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  • Twitter is used as an ongoing public channel of communication for academic and co-curricular discussions
  • English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
  • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
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  • The use of the Web2 can provide opportunities for collaboration, authentic communication in a discourse community and provide what Warschauer and Kern (2000) termedas networked-based language teaching. Some ofthe general benefits of using technology in ESP are the use of authentic tasks, tools, and context (Bremner, 2010; Evans, 2012).It provides interaction and communication among learners, uses collaborative learning, focuses on socio-
  • do not provide motivation, enthusiasm or personalization
  • earning management systems (LMSs)
  • ave generally been used as static sources of content with no social appeal like social networks, such as Facebook or YouTube
  • while also impeding general pedagogical support with their default settings and familiar features
  • social networking platforms have been acclaimed to provide learners social communication, autonomy,fluid online discussions, and identity management
  • ease interaction, e-discussions by focusing on the use of technology to support education
  • informal and relaxing atmosphere and make learning effective (Dalton, 2009). Social networking allows students and teachers to build a rapport and overcome inhibitions
  • Integrating social software with LMS aims at active participation, interaction and collaborationbetween the members of an academic community
  • Web 2.0 tools consist of blogs, microblogs, wikis, podcasts, virtual worlds and social networks
  • he benefits of using Web 2.0 in education are the new interaction styles between students and teachers, immediacy of information, access to authentic learning environments, content sharing, collaboration and enhancement of learning experience
  • a service offering language learning quizzes via Twitter hasbeen established (TwitterLearn, 2008)
    • rillia
      rillia on 27 Jul 15
       
      I couldn't locate this service in a search; I suppose it went defunct?
  • Twitter, Edmodo, and Ning
  • On the whole, the reasons language instructors may opt to choose Edmodo in class are that teachers and students connect, assignments, back channeling, a paperless learning environment, its backpack feature,the library feature, Apps, homework, badges, learning continues outside the classroom, assessments, interface, sharing, and its private and safe learning environment
  • the use of Twitter facilitated collaboration, communication and data exchange among students in real time.The role of the instructor is underscored as she/he acts as a mediator, supporting the content, organizing the activities, and clarifying the use of the educational tool
  • Facebook
  • Twitter has been studied in context with other social media and has proven to have a significant influence on academic activity
  • microblogging and inferred that it enhanced students’ achievement, motivation and participation in class.
  • Edudemic
    • rillia
      rillia on 27 Jul 15
       
      Check this out--appears to be a comprehensive site about the use of technology for educators and students.
  • Different platforms suit different sorts of interactions and appeal tostudents and educators in a diverse manner
  • From the Edmodo platform, two main features are utilized. First, the Edmodo forum is used for both teacher-to-student communication and student-to -student communication. The communication topics include subjects such as assignments, questions, announcements, etc. Second, the Edmodo Assignment Center is used for testing the students on each learning topic and easily collecting their answers
    • rillia
      rillia on 27 Jul 15
       
      Although we have an in-house LMS at Northwest, I created an Edmodo platform for my Intermediate Russian I course for the fall to see how it will work. I'll use it in conjunction with the in-house LMS, which may prove to be cumbersome. We'll see.
  • As far as the assessment of students’ performance goes, the conventional assessment through graded assignments is backed up by students’ social learning activities. Network buildingand self-regulated learning canbe indicative of students’ progress throughout the course.Ongoing assessment or formative assessmentstrategies(integration of performance and feedback and reflection) can facilitate learning and review students’ performance
  • The empirical evaluation of the research highlights the dominanceof intrinsic motivation(students’ intentionsto use Twitter/perceived enjoyment)over extrinsic motivation in explaining the adoption of social media in the class
  • n order to provide assessment, instructors could evaluate students’ learning progress by reviewing their reflections. Communication (teacher-student/student-student)throughout the learning processcan also providefeedback information that may aid assessment
  • nstructors could evaluate students’ learning progress by reviewing theirreflections on what they have gained through networked learning
  • References
    • rillia
      rillia on 27 Jul 15
       
      Excellent collection of reference materials on SNSs in foreign-language (and other) learning.
anonymous

How To Learn Minority and Endangered Languages With Little or No Resources - 3 views

www.mezzoguild.com/endangered-languages

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  • anonymous on 19 Jul 15
     
    I found this site on Feedly and started following it; this guy travels around the world learning foreign languages; this article in particular discusses how to learn minority and endangered languages, however I find the innovation and his motivation to be the greatest factors in his success. He's not following someone else's path and as the actual process of learning a FL is such a personal thing, I think he's really on to something! From the site: "There are almost too many sites and resources for big languages like French, Spanish and German. When you're learning a language like these, the problem is usually deciding which resource to use rather than not being able to find one. But what about those of us who want to learn a less popular language (minority or endangered)?"
Marlene Johnshoy

15 Characteristics of a 21st-Century Teacher | Edutopia - 6 views

www.edutopia.org/...teristics-21st-century-teacher

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  • the value of writing for real audience and establishing their digital presence.
    • Marlene Johnshoy
      Marlene Johnshoy on 22 Jul 15
       
      Do you blog?  Personally or professionally?  Do you think we all should be blogging?
  • Participating in Twitter chat is the cheapest and most efficient way to organize one's own PD
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    • Marlene Johnshoy
      Marlene Johnshoy on 22 Jul 15
       
      What do you think about Twitter for PD or your PLN after your experiences with it last week?
  • Coding is very interesting to learn
    • Marlene Johnshoy
      Marlene Johnshoy on 22 Jul 15
       
      I like coding, but I'm a webmaster and need it. Do regular teachers?  or do we have enough WYSIWYG applications now that teachers don't need to learn to code?
  • Marlene Johnshoy on 22 Jul 15
     
    What do you think of these 15 characteristics? Do you agree? Add a note to the ones you question - and tell us why. Don't forget to look at the responses after the article!
  • Caroline Switzer Kelly on 23 Jul 15
     
    They're fine...but huge to implement on a consistent basis: by 'huge' I mean both in terms of time, and space - to get one's head around them all conceptually. And it can also be a challenge for students to buy into the responsibility for their own leaning. HTML...yes, sometimes, in designing activities writhing my LMS. Blogging...no! Takes too much thought and self- confidence! Tweeting...yes! I love passing on items that have been helpful to me. And yes...II guess tweeting is providing glimpses of great PD resources. Now all I have to do is to go back to them in more depth.
Jon Perkins

Practicing What We Preach - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 3 views

chronicle.com/...27562

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    • Jon Perkins
      Jon Perkins on 10 Jul 11
       
      Still not sure about the relationship of all of these social networking tools to FERPA. Can you require students to post work on a site not run by the school ... and if so, what happens if there is a security compromise? These are all tools that I would use personally, but am uncomfortable advocating their use to a wider audience without explicit permission ... which is an incredibly time consuming process.
  • Alyssa Rutherford on 27 Jul 11
     
    "they" would say no without even reading/listening to my reasons. Better to ask forgiveness than permission but it may not be worth your job and it's definitely not worth the safety of students.
Martha Borden

Building Your Online Brand With Social Media Tools - Chris Garrett on New Media - 0 views

www.chrisg.com/social-media-brand

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  • Martha Borden on 27 Jul 11
     
    What does the social media say about you? I am attending a three-day conference of state teachers and one of the strands is Media Safety. One of the topics discussed was creating a personal brand via the social networks you post information. I decided to see what I could find out about the topic and add some links to the group
amykrowland

Kindergarten Diva: The Wonders of Skype - 2 views

kinderdiva.blogspot.com/...the-wonders-of-skype.html

carlatech

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    • amykrowland
      amykrowland on 09 Aug 14
       
      This PDF is a great resource to have when planning a Skype call with another class or person!  I downloaded this and plan on using it in my own teaching.
  • Every learner in her classroom fulfilled an important function and numerous curricular outcomes were met whenever her classroom connected via Skype. Please click on this link to view this PDF file on turning a Skype call into a learning call--it's a great resource!
ghoedu

Teaching a World Language | Sharing my own personal experiences and ideas on teaching t... - 12 views

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#carlatech15 #spanish #technology

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  • ghoedu on 15 Jul 15
     
    Experiences of a Spanish teacher.
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  • Michelle Burnside on 16 Jul 15
     
    I really liked this article. Good websites to explore. I can't wait to try them all.
  • ncsargo on 17 Jul 15
     
    I was amazed at all of the awesome websites posted on this blog, it was a great resource for finding new technologies to use in class. Also loved the music/ music video post!
  • elenistef7 on 17 Jul 15
     
    Many great ideas. In the past few days I have come across a few of the online tools mentioned but this blog brings them all together in one source, which is very helpful.
  • danielhkarvonen on 20 Jul 15
     
    A little overwhelming in terms of the number of resources, but really great resources nonetheless!
  • m0groe01 on 20 Jul 15
     
    A lot of great ideas and resources all gathered in this one resource. I look forward to having an afternoon to read through this more carefully.
hharb01

WhatsApp in the classroom to foster listening and speaking | TeachingEnglish | British... - 7 views

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#carlatech18 carlatech18share carlatech18 whatsapp interpretivemode languages technology smarphone

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  • mobile technology can help teachers to find new ways to improve students’ language/content learning.
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      Ask school to supply a phone and apps installed to overcome giving your personal phone number to students.
    • norikofujiokaito
      norikofujiokaito on 25 Jul 18
       
      Some of my students use LINE (similar to WhatsApp) to talk with their conversation partners in Japan to practice Japanese and learn about Japanese culture. Mobile phones play a great role in foreign language courses now.
  • WhatsApp in your classroom with the purpose of improving students’ oral skills.
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      Mainly for speaking and writing, can be used for both representational and interpretive modes.
  • Mobile Phone Operator they contacted offered them a cheaper phone rate than the one they had. We could say they killed two birds with one stone.
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      Ask Principal about the likelihood of going this route.
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  • allow their use with a clear pedagogical use and under the supervision of a teacher
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      check cell phone use policy and advocate for pedagogical use.
  • assessed
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      be clear with deadlines assessment what they have to do
  • describe the project
  • WhatsApp recordings of presentations should be just another tool
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      One app to be used and not the only one
  • engaged very easily and they enjoy listening to each other’s presentations
  • overcome their anxiety by being able to prepare an audio file on their own
  • very useful with large classrooms
  •   Assign each student a topic
  • Hand out a task to each of the students
  • Tell students the deadline
  • Share the assessment criteria
  • on-line pronouncing dictionaries
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      Find online dictionaries with speech tools.
  • listen to them and mark them according to the assessmen
  •  Prepare a handout for students with a list of questions
  • let them listen to all students' recordings and ask them to answer the questions in the handout
  • need of a good Internet connection
  • will help students who feel anxious in public to relax and it will also create an atmosphere of concentration which is key to effective listening
  • hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
     
    Examples on how to use Whatsapp in the language classroom
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  • hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
     
    with highlights and sticky notes
  • norikofujiokaito on 25 Jul 18
     
    The use of Whatsapp in the language classroom to promote conversation in the target language
  • Marlene Johnshoy on 25 Jul 18
     
    This one worked! and I can see your highlights! =)
Robert Steen

How social media is changing language | OxfordWords blog - 3 views

blog.oxforddictionaries.com/...social-media-changing-language

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    • Ergan Xu
      Ergan Xu on 28 Jul 17
       
      Very true!
  • The words that surround us every day influence the words we use. Since so much of the written language we see is now on the screens of our computers, tablets, and smartphones, language now evolves partly through our interaction with technology. And because the language we use to communicate with each other tends to be more malleable than formal writing, the combination of informal, personal communication and the mass audience afforded by social media is a recipe for rapid change.
    • Robert Steen
      Robert Steen on 31 Jul 17
       
      this is interesting. should we be teaching emoji as part of the language?
Anne Dixon

100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom - OnlineCollege.org - 11 views

www.onlinecollege.org/...ing-facebook-in-your-classroom

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  • Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings. Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class.
  • Jessica Rojas on 22 Jul 13
     
    This list is amazing. It has even a list of apps and pages that work very well with Facebook.
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  • vivianfranco on 22 Jul 17
     
    I love this list. So many activities we can do with our students to learn through FB.
  • maygeorge on 23 Jul 17
     
    This is a good list. So many creative ideas. May George #GroupC
  • rfrisch125 on 23 Jul 17
     
    this looks great. All it takes is a couple of good ideas for something to work well. Thank you
  • Ergan Xu on 24 Jul 17
     
    This is a great list! I never used facebook for teaching but I learned many facebook apps for instructional purpose! Thank you for posting!
  • dfranco1 on 24 Jul 17
     
    Thanks for sharing. This is related to work we did this week.
speabodymn

Using Music in the Foreign Language Classroom | GradHacker - 11 views

www.insidehighered.com/...sic-foreign-language-classroom

foreinglanguages Carlatech17 GroupA song music

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  • By Natascha Chtena November 22, 2015 5 Comments   .blog-spacer { display: none; } @media (max-width: 420px) { .blog-spacer { display: block; height:1px; clear:both; } }   googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-story_level_pages"); }); Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena.       One of the challenges I face teaching a daily language class is finding novel and creative ways to maintain student interest throughout my lessons. One of my favorite teaching “tricks” is using music to motivate learning, improve concentration, create a sense of community and help my students absorb material.   Music is a wonderful tool to integrate into your teaching repertoire, especially if you are a foreign language teacher. It has a
  • The key is to not be too ambitious (unless of course you are teaching a language AND culture class) and to set realistic goals: one song one major point! I usually keep it to seven minutes max, which includes a song, a very short “lecture” and some time for student questions at the end.
  • where I asked students to compile a short (German) playlist that describes their personality, explaining what it is about each song that speaks to them and/or that they identify with.
    • murasimo
      murasimo on 27 Jul 17
       
      I would like to try this activity.
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  • By Natascha Chtena November 22, 2015 5 Comments   .blog-spacer { display: none; } @media (max-width: 420px) { .blog-spacer { display: block; height:1px; clear:both; } }   googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-story_level_pages"); }); Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena.       One of the challenges I face teaching a daily language class is finding novel and creative ways to maintain student interest throughout my lessons. One of my favorite teaching “tricks” is using music to motivate learning, improve concentration, create a sense of community and help my students absorb material.   Mus
  • Music is a wonderful tool to integrate into your teaching repertoire, especially if you are a foreign language teacher. It has a way of capturing everything about a culture, its people and their language and it can inspire interest in a subject matter when other methods have failed. Not to mention that students love it and benefit from it intellectually and emotionally (even when they find your music taste questionable).
    • murasimo
      murasimo on 27 Jul 17
       
      I use songs all the time and students love it. it is useful for grammar, vocabulary and culture. most of the time students start following on youtube the singer and present to class new songs from the same singer.
    • heidikreutzer
      heidikreutzer on 29 Jul 17
       
      My students (college level) really enjoy any music I bring into the classroom. Usually, I use it because it fits a grammar or vocabulary theme. I'd love to expand my use of music with my students.
    • vivianfranco
      vivianfranco on 30 Jul 17
       
      My students also love to listen to songs in the target language. As you said, it is useful to work not only the language (grammar aspect) but also the cultural part. In my classes, I try to play 1 minute of music in Spanish before starting the class. They really enjoy it and even bring me more songs suggestions in the target language to play the next day.
    • pludek
      pludek on 30 Jul 17
       
      I like the idea of keeping the song length to a minimum. Sometimes the students get off task, especially if they don't like the song. Thanks for the idea! I love it when they tell me they've added the song to their own playlists!
    • speabodymn
      speabodymn on 30 Jul 17
       
      As a German instructor, I find music also is a great way to bring more traditional texts to life--lots of poems become more exciting to students when combined with a setting by Schubert or Strauss (for example), even if the student isn't initially interested in either poetry or classical music. (I have a video of Schubert/Goethe's "Erlkönig" that adds another dimension through a sort of cartoon horror-story video--so it's text plus music plus visuals.) With this much to discuss, it can easily fill half of a class session or provide the basis for a larger project. Still, I also like the shorter use of music as a way to add energy to many different topics without taking over the lesson.
  • murasimo on 27 Jul 17
     
    "Music is a wonderful tool to integrate into your teaching repertoire, especially if you are a foreign language teacher."
  • Ergan Xu on 31 Jul 17
     
    This sounds fun! I would love to try it next year!
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