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Title: More March Madness Resources
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Last week we shared a few resources for "March Madness" tournament bracket activities (https://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/26579).
Here are a few more:
From La prof caféinée, not only are there some pointers for finding French songs, but more importantly, a wonderful list of activities students can do before listening to a song, while listening, and after listening: https://juliabkoch.wordpress.com/2019/03/04/musique-mardi-oh-the-possibilities/
From Williamson CI & TPRS, music bracket resources for Spanish: https://williamsonci.com/2019/02/22/2019-march-music-madness/
Another musical bracket for Spanish learners is on the Mis Clases Locas blog, along with ideas from past brackets: http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2018/02/mania-musical-de-mujeres-march-music.html
Follow Sra. Chase’s description of a music bracket in her Spanish classes at https://senorachase.com/2019/03/01/locura-de-marzo/
In this version, students choose their favorite books: https://www.theindependent.com/life/youth/newell-students-vote-for-favorite-books-during-global-march-book/article_4051fedc-3c7f-11e9-97c5-af8ed4834d0d.html
From Señora Speedy, here's a bracket in Spanish with animals and their habitats: https://senoraspeedy.blogspot.com/2019/02/march-madness-with-animals-and-their.html
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Title: Five Good Places to Find Current Events Stories for Kids
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From https://www.freetech4teachers.com
If you teach about current events with your elementary and middle school students, you will find Richard Byrnes' recent overview of five online sources of news targeted at young learners useful. Byrnes overviews CNN 10, DOGOnews, Youngzine, TweenTribune, and PBS NewsHour Extra.
Read the review at https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/03/five-good-places-to-find-current-events.html
Source: Free Technology for Teachers
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Title: CLIL and Bilingual Education
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From https://www.richmondshare.com.br
Content and Language Integrated Learning, or CLIL, is a curriculum design approach that includes both language and content objectives in instruction. In this thoughtful discussion, Renata Condi talks about the background and history of CLIL and how (or whether) to situate it in bilingual education programs.
Read the article at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/to-clil-or-not-to-clil-in-bilingual-education/
Source: Richmond SHARE Blog
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Title: Zodiac Signs and World Languages
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From http://teachinginthetargetlanguage.com
In this article, you will read about a French teacher’s experience using zodiac signs in this elementary classroom. The teacher explains that this topic adds a great deal of value to the world language class by providing a great way to reinforce a variety of vocabulary and structures, and a fun way for engaging students in reading, listening, speaking, and writing in the target language. Zodiac signs can be used in many different ways, for example for conversations about months and birthdays, describing personality traits, and talking about likes and dislikes.
To read the full article, visit http://teachinginthetargetlanguage.com/zodiac-signs-and-world-languages/
Source: Teaching in the Target Language
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Title: Motivating Students in World Language Classes
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From https://kidworldcitizen.org/motivating-students-in-world-language-classes/
In this episode of English Latte Podcast listen to Becky Morales from Kid World Citizen talk about motivating students- specifically what works in language classrooms. In this podcast, Becky talks about motivation within the classroom, the role of autonomy, Self Determination Theory (SDT), and ways to build motivation in learners such as: setting clear goals; relating to the students, especially sharing your own language learning journey; choosing cultural lessons that interest the students; and more.
To listen to this episode of the podcast, visit https://kidworldcitizen.org/motivating-students-in-world-language-classes/
Source: Kid World Citizen
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Title: Boosting Students' Self-Esteem
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From https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/03/04/10-things-i-do-to-boost-my-students-self-esteem/
In this article, you will read about 10 techniques that teachers can use to increase their students’ self-esteem. Such techniques include encouraging students to advocate for themselves, providing opportunities to give feedback to students—not just grades, but also celebrating a student’s success, etc.
To read how these techniques are done, visit https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/03/04/10-things-i-do-to-boost-my-students-self-esteem/
Source: eSchool News
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Title: How Teacher Networks Can Facilitate Deeper Collaboration
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In this article, read about Karen Martin, an instructional coach and elementary teacher in the Denali Borough school district in Healy, Alaska, who traveled to Finland as part of the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching program. She talks about teacher networks and how they can help American teachers raise their professionalism. She names some of the benefits of teacher networking such as engaging in deeper dialogue and providing authentic feedback.
To read the full article, visit http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2019/03/how_teacher_networks_can_facilitate_deeper_collaboration.html
Source: Education Week
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Title: New Issue of FLTMAG
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From https://fltmag.com/
The FLTMAG is a quarterly online publication which publishes articles on the field of foreign language technology. FLTMAG has been an IALLT (International Association for Language Learning Technology (https://iallt.org/) publication since summer 2018. Its March 2019 issue include in the following articles:
Carlos Torres, Spanish teacher and department Head in Birmingham, MI, shares five ways in which he incorporates Twitter into his Spanish 3 courses: https://fltmag.com/five-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-world-language-classroom/
Megan MacNicol introduces GoFormative, which is a web-based tool that allows teachers to create digital formative assessments, tasks, or assignments: https://fltmag.com/goformative/
Beatriz Gómez Acuña introduces Edpuzzle which is a web-based interactive video tool that allows teachers to customize online videos: https://fltmag.com/edpuzzle-customized-video-content-for-language-learning/
Shannon Donnally Spasova introduces the H5P Course Presentation activity type to you: https://fltmag.com/h5ps-course-presentation/
In this issue, you can also read how to have Hybrid conferences at: https://fltmag.com/a-how-to-for-hybrid-conferences/, and an interview with Anita Young, a virtual learning specialist at: https://fltmag.com/interview-with-anita-young-virtual-learning-specialist/
For more articles on how to use technology for language learning and teaching visit https://fltmag.com/
Source: FLTMAG
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Title: How Personalities Influence Second Language Acquisition: Interview with Betty Lou Leaver
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From http://www.teachrussian.org/Podcasts#/
Teach Russian has started publishing a monthly Foreign Language Teaching Podcast which will bring you interviews with experienced teachers, SLA and bilingualism experts, textbook authors, and scholars who will share their thoughts on teaching foreign languages. The podcast host is Natasha McCauley, a visiting assistant professor of Russian studies at the University of Richmond.
In their first episode you can listen to an interview with Betty Lou Leaver (PhD, Pushkin Institute), former provost of the Defense Language Institute who is currently editing a book with Dr. Dan Davidson on Transformative Approaches to language learning and teaching. She defines transformation in language learning using terms such as “bilingualism,” “biculturalism,” and “reaching outside the classroom.”
To listen to the podcast, visit http://www.teachrussian.org/Materials/9007271e-7d22-43e0-a79b-9eb8e5acba75/leaver-interview.html?lang=en
Source: Teach Russian
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Title: Games2Teach Collaboratory
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The Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) is committed to ongoing pedagogical innovation and teacher support. An outgrowth of this commitment is the Games2Teach Collaboratory, a summer workshop that CASLS will deliver in collaboration with the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL) in 2019 and 2021.
This summer’s workshop will take place at the University of Texas at Austin on Thursday, August 1 and Friday, August 2. During the workshop, teachers will experience collaborative, game-oriented play and will learn how to use games to promote language acquisition in their classrooms. When asked about the workshop, CASLS Director Julie Sykes commented, "We are delighted to collaborate with COERLL on the G2T Collaboratory during this LRC grant cycle. We look forward to engaging with teachers to design innovations for their teaching contexts."
If you are interested in attending the workshop, please click https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/games2teach-2019 for more information.
Source: CASLS Spotlight
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