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Le Droit à l'Education: A Unit for Intermediate Mid/High (IB) French Students - Madame's Musings - 2 views

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  • a video from UNICEF to the class
  • The students then read an infographic
  • nother UNICEF video, for wh
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  • another
  • UNICEF
  • ompleted a comprehension guide.
  • Six Thinking Hats technique
  • “Give One, Get One”
  • a letter to the benefactor of their choice in which they asked for a donation to help children in Mali go to school.
  • Highlighter
  • Highlight
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  • e students took an interpretive assessment
  • iscussing a video and an infographic as a class
  • comprehension guide
  • comprehension
  • omprehension guide
  • reading one of two articles and sharing the information with a partner who had read the other article.
  • presentational writing assessments
  • n interpersonal speaking
  • Google Slides
  • discussion post on Schoology,
  • They would then have commented on each other’s posts.
  • hharb01 on 29 Jul 18
     
    Finally a unit fro French teacher. Merci Beaucoup!
  • vaguevara on 29 Jul 18
     
    Great activity ideas! Loved seeing the appreciative comments and shares from the French teachers in the comment loop-- Aren't we lucky to live in an age where we can share great ideas from near and far-- Encouragement for us all to add to the web of resources and share out what we are doing as well (note to self).
Marlene Johnshoy

The Right Way to Show Movies in Class | Creating Lifelong Learners - 6 views

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  •  Ask students to evaluate the movie.
    • msdianehahn
      msdianehahn on 26 Jul 16
       
      I think this is an important metacognitive moment that gets students to think about themselves as learners. It also goes along with teaching media literacy.
  •  Show curricular movies at the beginning of units and not at the end.  This gives students background information that they need to understand a unit before teaching that unit.
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    • msdianehahn
      msdianehahn on 26 Jul 16
       
      Interestingly, I haven't shown really any movies in my class. I think I could definitely start to use them effectively by incorporating them into a preview activity as we begin a unit.  This provides context for all the vocabulary words my ESL students are going to be learning.
    • buskokov
      buskokov on 26 Jul 16
       
      I like using movies with my students, but I don't have enough time for that.
  • msdianehahn on 26 Jul 16
     
    How to use movies to teach media literacy in the classrom.
atsukofrederick

Creative Language Class | Ideas, solutions, and inspiration for world language teachers - 2 views

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  • speabodymn on 24 Jul 17
     
    Helpful source for creative ideas to enliven the classroom.
  • atsukofrederick on 21 Jul 18
     
    The blog consists of three parts: Blog, Teaching Toolbox, and Workshops. We can read about issues, tips, comments that are pertinent to language instruction. Teachertoolbox provides new resources and activity ideas. We can find where and what kind of PDs are available in Workshops. The world language consultants, Kara Parker and Megan Smith are the authors of this bog. They understand the challenges language teachers are facing and believe it is very important to provide and share resources and support each other to stay being an effective language teacher.
  • norikofujiokaito on 21 Jul 18
     
    I love this! We can learn while enjoying reading. Thank you very much for finding and sharing it with us.
Agustin Vizcaino

LLT Vol8Num3: SUPPORTING SYNCHRONOUS DISTANCE LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH DESKTOP VIDEOCONFERENCING - 3 views

llt.msu.edu/...default.html

synchronous agustin carlatech13 week 5

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  • A preliminary evaluation with language teachers and computer specialists was carried out in 2001 to investigate the technological capabilities of four Internet-based desktop videoconferencing tools (CUseeMe, ICUII, Video VoxPhone Gold, and NetMeeting), and NetMeeting revealed itself as the most potentially appropriate tool for supporting oral and visual interaction in DLE (Wang, 2004).
  • He suggested firstly that "linguistic interaction is a collaborative activity," and then moved on to say that "linguistic communication involves the establishment of a triangular relationship between the sender, the receiver, and the context of situation."
  • Oral-visual interaction represents the highest level of CMC-based interaction at the present time.
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  • It offers an authentic learning environment, in which language learners can orally and visually interact with another human being in the target language much in the same ways as in face-to-face interaction. However, research on oral-visual interaction in CMC has only occupied a marginal status in CMC research.
  • Cognitively and linguistically, it is generally maintained that paralinguistic cues such as head nods and facial expressions reduce ambiguity in speech and improve understanding
  • Signs of comprehension, frustration, nervousness, and enjoyment were all evident in real time.
  • More importantly, there is a crucial pedagogical concern at the heart of this research, that is, for distance language professionals to be open to the use of whatever technology available to maximize the level and quality of oral-visual interaction, and in so doing, create a more effective and efficient learning environment for distance language learners. Although the technology is changing rapidly, the larger pedagogical issue contained in this research is unlimited and beyond obsolescence.
  • It is not an exaggeration to say that Internet-based real time technology is changing distance education quantitatively as well as qualitatively, and this research represents only the beginning of the important effort to make distance language learning a more effective endeavor.
  • Agustin Vizcaino on 11 Aug 13
     
    This article talks about many aspects of communication especially the benefits of synchronous distance language learning
atsukofrederick

Facilitating a Class Twitter Chat | Edutopia - 3 views

www.edutopia.org/...acilitating-class-twitter-chat

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  • Communicate the public nature of Twitter to parents. Consider an opt-out alternative for students or parents who are uncomfortable with participating in the classroom chat.
    • cwelton
      cwelton on 26 Jul 18
       
      I've also used my school's platform "discussion board" as if it were a twitter chat feed--some students got really into it, and I think I could implement some of these suggestions to make it more universally engaging
  • assist students in moving back and forth between their own words and technical or course-specific terms. And help highlight particular content with the use of sentence starters.
    • cwelton
      cwelton on 26 Jul 18
       
      perhaps for a language class this would look like a vocab list, or a list of social media abbreviations that are language-specific.
  • Do you feel the chat’s objective was reached? What was the most useful part of the chat? How might we improve the chat?
    • cwelton
      cwelton on 26 Jul 18
       
      i've do this, at some level, for almost every new project or activity I do in my classroom--the students feel so empowered when I ask them to share their opinions and reactions to the structures of the course.
  • vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
     
    Thanks for sharing, Carmen-- I am also considering students who do not have Twitter, or parent concerns, and I wonder if small group work might be a solution- Using the twitter account of one student, another student or group of students help to compose responses, stay hidden from their online contributions.
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  • cwelton on 27 Jul 18
     
    Hi Veronica--you could also consider making a class handle. I did that with an Adv. class once, and simply gave all the students the info to log in. They could all post from that handle, and sign tweets with their initials.
  • hharb01 on 29 Jul 18
     
    This is a helpful article. I like how it gives us step-by-step of how to host a twitter chat.
  • vaguevara on 29 Jul 18
     
    Thanks for this suggestions, Carmen-- will use it!
  • atsukofrederick on 29 Jul 18
     
    Especially middle/high school parents/students may feel more comfortable using a platform provided by the district. I am also planning to use the discussion board in the district's platform. I can definitely use the tips in this article.
vaguevara

Teaching, Tech and Twitter: Ignite a Flipgrid Fire - 1 views

karlymoura.blogspot.com/...grid-fire-15-more-ways-to.html

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  • 5. GridPals! An incredible idea from Bonnie McClelland, GridPals connects classrooms across the globe creating virtual pen pals. You can take advantage of GridPals using Flipgrid One. However, if one of the GridPals teachers has Flipgrid classroom then you can become CoPilots on the same grid giving both teachers access to the educator dashboard.
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      REally want to investigate this!!!
  • The beginning of the year, at parent conferences, a send-off to the next grade are all ways to get families involved in encouraging and supporting their kids.
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      I will use this as a bridge to communication about what is happening in the classroom- Have students teach introductions to their parents, and film them doing it!!!
  • ONE of the PVLEGS expectations to focus on at a time
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      Yes-- try not to assess everything at once-- overwhelming for student and teacher:)
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  • Flipgrid film festival 
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      I would like to use this for trablenguas and shorter interpersonal activities-- Great to share out with class, and also for student-parent-teacher conferences
  • Flipgrid video and a QR code link to the video is stuck on the map? Geography, history and oral reports all rolled into one.
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      Love this idea, for student work during field trips
  • 7. Computer science shareout
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      I will also use this idea to garner self-evaluation of discreet tasks and longer project work.
  • Claudio Zavala Jr. and Scott Titmas
  • rubric
  • The Global Read Aloud is a set 6 week period that spans from early October through mid-November and teachers all over the globe read one book and connect with other classrooms all over the world. 
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      Wonder if there is a readaloud in Spanish... will investigate
  • 10 Ways to Enhance Math Lessons With Flipgrid by Sean Fahey.
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      I'm sure a great deal of this is transferable to WLs.
  • background knowledge
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      This could be a way to have students construct the anticipatory set!
  • 1. Virtual vocabulary word wall When working on a unit have your students record a video describing the meaning of important vocabulary words. They can hold up a card in their selfie video with the word written on it so the words are easily accessed by other students. 
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      Love this! Great way to kick start the year!!!
  • The Educator's Guide to Flipgrid (2nd Edition).
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
       
      Will ad this to my list of ebooks
  • vaguevara on 26 Jul 18
     
    Overview of Flipgrid and all the ways it can be used in the classroom for interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes.
afarachnps

Unlike in US, most European students learn a foreign language | Pew Research Center - 1 views

www.pewresearch.org/...-in-school-while-americans-lag

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  • In a 2016 Pew Research Center report on the state of American jobs, only 36% of Americans reported that knowing a foreign language was an extremely or very important trait for workers to be successful in today’s economy, ranking it last out of eight skills for workers’ success
    • afarachnps
      afarachnps on 07 Aug 18
       
      This is not related to our synchronous activities of the week, but suggests a link we've yet to make so far: how to use tech in our classroom to help to change the perception, prevalent in the US, that foreign languages are not an essential professional skill. With all the wonderful apps we've seen this past few weeks, there's surely something to do be with them about this issue!
barichetti

Six Habits of Highly Empathic People | Greater Good Magazine - 6 views

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  • “instrumental empathy” (sometimes known as “impact anthropology”) can go a long way.
  • “instrumental empathy” (sometimes known as “impact anthropology”) can go a long way.
  • ambitious imagination
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  • ambitious imagination
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      I like this phrase-- it encourages expansive thinking and ways out of old, ineffectual ways of thinking--
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      I like this phrase-- it encourages expansive thinking and ways out of old, ineffectual ways of thinking--
  • Inspire mass action and social change
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      And this is my hope, that empathy leads to agency and action on the parts of my students--L2 is an amazing tool to support action and change
  • empathic conversationalist.
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      #great catch phrase for L2 learners
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      #great catch phrase for L2 learners
  • Orwell developed new friendships, shifted his views on inequality, and gathered some superb literary material. It was the greatest travel experience of his life. He realised that empathy doesn’t just make you good—it’s good for you, too.
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      This is a great example of empathy-- I want to bring more of these types of anecdotes into my classroom-- via web apps--
  • Orwell developed new friendships, shifted his views on inequality, and gathered some superb literary material. It was the greatest travel experience of his life. He realised that empathy doesn’t just make you good—it’s good for you, too.
  • the power of empathy to overcome hatred and change our minds.
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      I am especially interested in the intersection of L2 learning and empathy-- I think that a deeper understanding of culture--differences and commonalities, helps to form a bridge between peoples-- In learning language, we learn humility and stepping into the unknown--trying on new ways of saying things and seeing the world.
  • ighly empathic people (HEPs) have an insatiable curiosity about strangers.
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      This is what I want from my students-- I look forward to using the tools of this CARLAtech18 to draw them in and help them to become lifelong language learners
  • Six Habits of Highly Empathic People |
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      I chose this article, as I feel empathy is the root of language learning, and I am searching for rationale and 'hooks' for student engagement in their L2 learning.
    • vaguevara
      vaguevara on 09 Aug 18
       
      I chose this article, as I feel empathy is the root of language learning, and I am searching for rationale and 'hooks' for student engagement in their L2 learning.
  • Six Habits of Highly Empathic People |
  • Six Habits of Highly Empathic People |
  • Empathy is about discovering those tastes.
    • barichetti
      barichetti on 13 Aug 18
       
      I like that this focuses on the active role we play in learning better empathic responses - sometimes I think we act like empathy is either something we have or we don't and that we all feel the same.
  • . Evolutionary biologists like Frans de Waal have shown that we are social animals who have naturally evolved to care for each other, just like our primate cousin
  • HEPs challenge their own preconceptions and prejudices by searching for what they share with people rather than what divides them.
  • Habit 4: Listen hard—and open up
  • claire_mitchell on 13 Aug 18
     
    I really like the phrase "instrumental empathy" -- I think it's something great to strive for in our classrooms and to integrate into our lessons.
speabodymn

Nik's Learning Technology Blog: Creating engagement through interactive infographics - 4 views

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  • The potentials for dropping in html objects such as quizzes that enable interaction can make static data much more dynamic. The ability to drop in multimedia and particularly video can lend more significance and impact to the information in the graphic.
    • speabodymn
      speabodymn on 30 Jul 17
       
      I have not tried this tool, but it sounds like a great combination of things--embedded videos, plus the ability to add quizzes. I am imagining being able to create something like a google-docs quiz or EdPuzzle, and embed within the context of a larger discussion of a topic. This might help to show how one activities fits into a broader unit.
rfrisch125

Music Unit - Creative Language Class - 2 views

www.creativelanguageclass.com/music-unit

rubrics culture music compelling comprehensible

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  • So many opinions were out there on social media. I decided to focus this unit even more on this popular music event.
  • So many opinions were out there on social media. I decided to focus this unit even more on this popular music event.
    • rfrisch125
      rfrisch125 on 27 Jul 17
       
      There are always good themes but we need to figure out how to make them focused, comprehensible and doable. That is the key.
  • Lots of comprehensible input there! They learned about new genres. Some said they added music that we learned about in class to their playlists. Love that!
    • rfrisch125
      rfrisch125 on 27 Jul 17
       
      Comprehensible and compelling input. Plus, added Spanish music to their audio files. The best language learners are the ones who listen to music and watch videos.
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  • The main culture goals:
    • rfrisch125
      rfrisch125 on 27 Jul 17
       
      Seeing how she described the cultural aspects of the unit really brought into focus what she was trying to accomplish. From here she will be able to set up tasks and activities that meet these goals.
  • Now the major communication goals:
    • rfrisch125
      rfrisch125 on 27 Jul 17
       
      I like how these three areas help define what the students will be able to do.
  • For example, for the last presentational goal where they tell what happened, they only used a few verbs (won, nominated, said) as memorized chunks. Intermediate students were able to give more details and it sounded like a true narration of events with transitions.
    • rfrisch125
      rfrisch125 on 27 Jul 17
       
      I love this! each level can accomplish the goal by sheltering or minimizing the vocab.
  • And the remaining 3 C’s:
    • rfrisch125
      rfrisch125 on 27 Jul 17
       
      Wow this lady really knows what she is doing!! I haven't seen a rubric like this before. I like it.
Anne Dixon

Diigo - Sample WL VoiceThreads - Encouraging Student Voices with VoiceThread - 2 views

www.diigo.com/...74484740

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    • Anne Dixon
      Anne Dixon on 01 Aug 17
       
      Instead of constantly reinventing the wheel, I love to see what other World Language teachers are doing in their classrooms. This article has some good activities that can easily be converted to any language.
    • Anne Dixon
      Anne Dixon on 01 Aug 17
       
      I really like this VoiceThread "did u know?" about cows.  Any topic can be used to encourage students to present information about the photos.
murasimo

Library - Diigo - 1 views

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  • VoiceThread is a ridiculously simple online program that allows students to comment on authentic materials, whether they be pictures, documents, web pages, or video. Students can provide written feedback to the material presented along with oral feedback via their computer mics, web cams, or cellular phones.
    • murasimo
      murasimo on 03 Aug 17
       
      Voice Thread is very simple and fun to use it and students can work with authentic material. It is very good to practice listening comprehension and speaking.
  • Anne Dixon on 03 Aug 17
     
    I have always looked at and wondered about using VoiceThread but have never actually done it until I took this class. I'm happy that I finally used it and I'm thrilled to see all of the suggestions for World Language activities that people have shared.
  • vivianfranco on 06 Aug 17
     
    Same as Anne! I only new about VoiceThread when I started Carla17 online course. Thanks for sharing this information. We can continue learning about all the advantages of it: free, facilitates learning through authentic materials, different modalities of response: oral, written, video, doodle.
  • maygeorge on 06 Aug 17
     
    I agree with you that Voice Thread is simple and can be used very effectively in class.
maygeorge

CARLAweb2017: Activity 3: Social Bookmarking with Diigo - 2 views

blogs.transparent.com/...index-of-arabic-grammar

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  • maygeorge on 19 Jul 17
     
    This is a good reference that was made as a blog for Arabic Grammar, that I use all the time when teaching Arabic.I think the group can use the same idea and create simple grammar lessons in FL, these lessons can be useful for all the teachers teaching for example French, German all over the world.
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.
mmegillespie

PBL in the TL: Seesaw Insight: Casting Call Selfies - 1 views

www.pblinthetl.com/...ight-casting-call-selfies.html

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    • mmegillespie
      mmegillespie on 27 Jul 17
       
      A nice idea on how to use this or VoiceThread or Flipgrid.
  • mmegillespie on 27 Jul 17
     
    Here is one activity that a teacher used with Seesaw.
sraetherington

Beginning Spanish Listening Practice - 4 views

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  • sraetherington on 20 Jul 17
     
    This blog has some great free resources for listening practice with beginning level Spanish learners.
  • sraetherington on 20 Jul 17
     
    Free Spanish listening resources
  • vivianfranco on 22 Jul 17
     
    Very interesting activity. I also see that you posted it trough Feedly :-) I was thinking on how to do it :-)
Marlene Johnshoy

Classroom tech: Should I use it? 10 considerations - Ditch That Textbook - 1 views

ditchthattextbook.com/uld-i-use-it-10-considerations

tech considerations MattMiller activities

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 05 Feb 20
     
    "When should we use it? And what does that look like?" - Matt Miller
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!
rfrisch125

Criteria for identifying tasks for TBL | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC - 1 views

www.teachingenglish.org.uk/...criteria-identifying-tasks-tbl

task based learning communicative activities interactive exchange of meanigful information reach goals

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  • rfrisch125 on 11 Aug 17
     
    " 'The basis of a task-based approach'"
  • rfrisch125 on 11 Aug 17
     
    After reading how much material I could flip and have students do outside of class, I thought it would be good to start looking for more templates for meaning bearing and higher order thinking tasks that could be done in the classroom. Here is some really good stuff Jane Willis.
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