You’re Speaking My Language
Thoughts, Tips, and Practical Ideas for World Language Teachers
Interpersonal Speaking Activities for Novice Learners
For beginners, true interpersonal speaking is a challenge. These activities make it possible!
Helpful Practices for Parent Communication
When it goes well, a parent call can be a transformative moment in your relationship with the student, and by extension in your classroom.
Tips for Making Phone Calls to Parents
The actual call can be scary, because you never know what you’re gonna get.
How to Make Difficult Parent Phone Calls
Calling your students’ parents can be intimidating… but it’s also a central component in meeting your students’ needs.
Time to Get Spooky! Halloween Lessons for your ESL Class
Do you want to introduce your ESL students to American Halloween traditions? Here’s a fun, ready-to-go lesson!
7 Tips for Writing Your National Board Portfolio
National Board Certification is a challenging journey. Make it easier on yourself by avoiding a few common pitfalls.
Sponge Activities for World Language Classes
No more wasted class time. Sponge Activities soak up those lost minutes of learning so every class is bell-to-bell instruction!
Greetings and Gestures in Senegal
Greeting gives Senegalese people a sense of life. it makes us feel good, and above all it makes everyone feel loved, respected, and recognized as a human being.
Keeping Your Sanity when your Students Won’t Behave (Part 4)
Working with difficult students requires us to model what we want our students to become: Calm. Confident. Knowledgeable. Caring. Unflappable. Here’s how.
18 Classroom Management Suggestions for a Difficult Class (Part 3)
Firm structure and thoughtful classroom practices can help you meet the needs of challenging students.
What to Do When Kids Won’t Follow the Rules (Part 2)
Deep in their hearts EVERY student has the same question: “What are you going to do about it?” Effective teachers provide a quick, calm, and fair answer.
What to Do When Your Class is Awful (Part 1)
It’s incredibly hard to teach when your students wont behave. It’s demoralizing, and there are no easy answers. Here are 18 suggestions to - not fix it, but to help make it better. (Part 1)
Eight Essential Elements for Every World Language Unit
Using The Essential 8 to structure my planning or, Season 18: Third time’s a charm?!?!
Free AI Image Generators for Students (Continued)
AI art generators are evolving quickly. Teachers and Parents have got to keep up!
Free AI Image Generators for Kids
AI art generators are evolving quickly. Teachers and Parents have got to keep up!
Greetings and Gestures in Cameroon
What to say, how to sit, and what to wear for a wonderful visit to Cameroon
Greetings and Gestures in France
Avoiding a few key faux pas can help you better connect with French people and enjoy your travels.
Greetings and Gestures in the Republic of Congo
When in Congo, slow down and enjoy the focus on community and friendship
Greetings and Gestures in Egypt
In Egypt, greetings are an essential part of cultural etiquette and social interaction. Ahlan wa sahlan!
6 more things AI Can’t Do
Learning when to use AI - and when not to - is increasingly part of being a teacher… and a human!