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Each Monday, InterCom will now consist of InterComLive! and an Activity of the Week.

InterComLive!

InterComLive! Join us, the CASLS team, via Facebook Live at 11:00am Pacific Time each Monday. We will be talking remote/online language learning, exploring digital tools to mix things up, offering support for teachers, students, and families, and answering all of YOUR questions. Can’t join us live? We will also save the recording for later.

Activity of the Week

This week's Activity of the Week can be used at any age or level, but, this week, was designed with younger learners (K-8) and immersion students in mind. It offers a means to reinforce the vocabulary they are learning and connect it to the places they currently spend time. Using key words, learners are asked to create word maps (semantic maps) that relate various words and concepts together. They are then encouraged to share those maps, write stories, or extend the activity by sorting the words into new categories.

Each week, the activity is designed as an activity that can be added to your online course, parent email, or other digital delivery system AS IS. That means no modification, minimal extra time, and a way to mix things up while still balancing a whole new system. Each activity is focused on a language learning strategy, function, or interculturality standard and will work in any language. (Note: The activities are created in English but are designed for target language use in any language with adaptations for novice, intermediate, and advanced learners. This format enables remote access while still encouraging target language use.) Some ideas for using these activities include:

• A Weekly Challenge for your students that can be used to earn participation points or extra credit.
• An extension activity that requires reflection on the learning objectives of the course and critical thinking about how what they are learning relates to the world.
• An activity to send home to parents and guardians for them to do with their kids.

Thank you, as always, for your support of CASLS and InterCom and we look forward to seeing you online!

Recap: Why does InterCom look different than what I am used to?