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Title: 1jour 1actu: French News for Children
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The 1jour 1actu website is a French-language website about current events, aimed at French-speaking children. As a result, the language used, while authentic, may be easier for learners of all ages.
Explore this website at http://www.1jour1actu.com/
Source: 1jour 1actu
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Title: Increase Student Target Language Use with Posted Phrases
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From http://senoraspeedy.blogspot.com
What happens when you post key phrases where your students can see them and when you refer to them frequently? When Spanish teacher “Señora Speedy” tried it, the result was a lot more target language use from her students. Read about what she did here: http://senoraspeedy.blogspot.com/2015/11/focus-on-conversation.html
Source: Señora Speedy
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Title: Three Day Texting and Emoji Unit for High Novice Spanish Students
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From https://marishawkins.wordpress.com
Teacher Maris Hawkins writes, “My students have just taken their first trimester exam, and we have three class days before Thanksgiving break. Instead of starting something new, I decided to plan a fun mini-unit that incorporates what my students know and adding in a few more details. My objectives are that my students will be able to hold text conversations using Spanish abbreviations and emojis. Finally, students will be able to explain why to use a certain emoji in Spanish.”
Here is a description of her mini-unit: https://marishawkins.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/three-day-texting-and-emoji-unit-for-high-novice-spanish-students/
Source: Maris Hawkins
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Title: Authentic Resources, Project-Based Learning, and Business Spanish, All in One Lesson!
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From http://www.pblinthetl.com
Here is an exciting lesson for novice-to-intermediate Spanish learners, including heritage learners. Students have previously designed a new product, and in this lesson they conduct market research via cooperative learning tasks. Read how it all fits together in this blog post: http://www.pblinthetl.com/2015/11/authres-in-pbl-groups-market-research.html
Source: PBL in the TL
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Title: Exploraciones: Resources for Young Spanish Learners
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From http://ket.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/exploraciones/
Exploraciones is a collection of resources for teaching Spanish in the elementary grades. The collection includes the ¡Arte y más! video series, which is designed to take students with no prior experience in Spanish from the novice-low to novice-mid level as defined by the Kentucky World Language Proficiency Standards. The collection also includes themed units featuring a variety of video segments, animations, lesson plans, activity ideas, and other materials for teaching students at the novice-mid to novice-high level.
Access this resource at http://ket.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/exploraciones/
Source: Kentucky PBS LearningMedia
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Title: National Dual Language Forum
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As part its long-standing leadership in support of bilingual, dual language and two-way immersion education, the Center for Applied Linguistics has established the National Dual Language Forum (NDLF).
CAL’s Board of Trustees has directed CAL, as part of its mission enhancement activities, to establish the NDLF to foster collaboration and dialogue among the many organizations and stakeholders that support dual language education.
In the coming months, CAL will establish an inaugural steering committee and plan an annual meeting to be held at its headquarters in Washington DC with members able to participate by electronic means to ensure maximum participation by members. CAL will publish findings from the forum on the NDLF website.
The first step is the launch of the NDLF website, sponsored by CAL in partnership with Santillana USA. The NDLF website is designed to serve as a portal to a wide array of resources designed to help educators understand the essential components of bilingual and dual language education and how to implement high-quality, effective programs.
As CAL launches the new NDLF website, they have begun to add information and resources helpful to anyone interested in promoting dual language education. CAL has provided links to various organizations who are leaders in the field of language education.
CAL will continue to enhance the NDLF website in the coming months, so check back often for updates.
The new website is available at http://www.cal.org/ndlf/
Source: CAL
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Title: The Great Thanksgiving Listen
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From https://storycorps.me/about/the-great-thanksgiving-listen/
This Thanksgiving weekend, StoryCorps will work with teachers and high school students across the country to preserve the voices and stories of an entire generation of Americans over a single holiday weekend.
Open to everyone, The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national assignment to engage people of all ages in the act of listening. The pilot project is specially designed for students ages 13 and over and as part of a social studies, history, civics, government, journalism, or political science class, or as an extracurricular activity. All that is needed to participate is a smartphone and the StoryCorps mobile app. High school students will be asked to interview a grandparent or other elder during the holiday weekend using the app.
To find out how you and your students can be involved, go to https://storycorps.me/about/the-great-thanksgiving-listen/
Source: StoryCorps
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Title: Teaching Elementary-Age ELs the Hidden Curriculum
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From http://blog.tesol.org/teaching-elementary-age-els-the-hidden-curriculum/
Former elementary ESL teacher and trainer Judie Hayes writes, “What is the hidden curriculum? This term encompasses various characteristics of schooling that “everybody knows.” It usually consists of a wide variety of social skills, such as interactions with peers and teachers, and includes the fundamental values and beliefs of a school community. This hidden curriculum needs to be learned by ELs in order for them to succeed socially and academically in school.”
Read the full article with examples of the hidden curriculum and how you can help your young English learners with it here: http://blog.tesol.org/teaching-elementary-age-els-the-hidden-curriculum/
Source: TESOL Blog
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Title: Checklist: Adapt, Incorporate, or Ditch a Textbook Activity?
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Your InterCom Editor is on her way home from the 2015 ACTFL Convention. Textbook companies promote their curriculum in the exposition hall between sessions in which presenters urge teachers to teach without textbooks. What is a teacher to do? Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell has a nice checklist that you can use to evaluate textbook activities on a case-by-case basis: can you adapt the activity to your class? Can you use it as-is? Or should you ditch it entirely?
Access the checklist and a wikispace where teachers can share their recommendations with particular activities in particular textbooks at http://musicuentos.com/2015/11/aid/
Source: Musicuentos
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Title: Blog Post: There Is No Best Method
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Is there one best method that all language teachers should use? No, argues this blogger - teachers will have best results using a method that they feel passionate about. Read her research and reasoning here: http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2015/11/there-is-no-best-method.html
Source: frenchteacher
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