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Title: National Foreign Language Week
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National Foreign Language Week will be March 5-11, 2017. The theme for 2017 is “Find the Missing Piece. Learn a Language.” Learn more about the background of National Foreign Language Week at http://www.amgnational.org/national-foreign-language-week.html, and get ideas and resources from http://mafla.org/advocacy-2/national-foreign-language-week/, http://www.ictfl.org/content/2016/11/2017-national-foreign-language-week-posters, and http://web.cortland.edu/flteach/FAQ/FAQ-FL-Week.html
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Title: Teaching a Novel in Language Class
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From http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com
Allison of the Mis Clases Locas blog shares very helpful suggestions for teaching novels in language classes. In addition to a step-by-step set of suggestions, she lists some places where teachers can find novels.
Read the post at http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com/2017/02/teaching-novel-101.html
In a related post, Spanish teacher Cynthia Hitz describes activities that students can do before reading a novel, to get ready: http://palmyraspanish1.blogspot.com/2017/02/preparing-to-read-novel-ideas-for-el.html
Source: Secondary Spanish Space
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Title: Teaching Preschoolers
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From http://funforspanishteachers.blogspot.com
Here are some very practical tips and ideas for teaching pre-school students, ranging from general advice (make sure everyone gets a turn in a single class session, use a rug rather than chairs) to specific props that pre-schoolers love (puppets, magic box, small whiteboards).
Read the post at http://funforspanishteachers.blogspot.com/2017/02/teaching-spanish-to-preschoolers.html
Source: Fun for Spanish Teachers
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Title: Getting to Know What Your Online Students Know
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From http://www.pblinthetl.com
How can you reliably assess online students? There are so many ways for them to game the system, if they want to. Laura K. Sexton takes a very human-centered approach, starting with questions and tasks from the very beginning that help her students and her to get to know each other and build trust.
Read her blog post at http://www.pblinthetl.com/2017/02/online-students-how-do-you-know-what.html
Source: PBL in the TL
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Title: Building Circumlocution Skills
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From https://theflteacher.blog
Spanish teacher Amanda Mora shares her ideas for building her students’ circumlocution skills in this recent blog post: https://theflteacher.blog/2017/02/19/what-do-you-call-that-thing/
Source: The Feisty Language Teacher
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Title: Brain Breaks
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From https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com
Spanish teacher and blogger Annabelle Allen has posted seven times so far with suggestions for brain breaks, short active things that classes can do to help maintain focus on content. Here are the posts so far:
Part 1: https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/brain-breaks-part-1-music-makes-me-move/
Part 2: https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/brain-breaks-part-2-rock-paper-scissors/
Part 3: https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/brain-breaks-part-3-be-the-pretzels-of-the-teaching-world/
Part 4: https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/brain-breaks-part-4-hand-jives/
Part 5: https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/brain-breaks-part-5-brain-bursts/
Part 6: https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/brain-breaks-part-6-selfies-and-manniquen-challenges/
Part 7: https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/brain-breaks-part-7-partes-del-cuerpo/
Source: La Maestra Loca
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Title: Finding Your Language Learning Motivation in Passion Projects
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This blog post has suggestions for adults who struggle to find time and motivation to learn another language, but the ideas in it may also be appropriate for self-directed study in classroom contexts as well. Among the ideas: learn to cook in the target language, listen to music, watch TV, and follow the news.
Read the post at http://blogs.transparent.com/language-news/2017/02/22/language-learning-motivation-passion-projects/
Source: Transparent Language
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Title: Games for Learning about Immigrants and Refugees
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Matthew Farber writes, “I recently spoke with Marc Ruppel, senior program officer at the NEH. Ruppel’s vision of games in classrooms happens to align with my findings in field research: Games—particularly those in the humanities (social studies, English language arts)—can be the hub, or centerpiece, of learning in a classroom. Related activities—written reflections from students, as well as other media like video and text—extend outward, like spokes. There are several games about the immigrant experience that can function as hubs for meaningful classroom teaching.”
Read his full article, with recommendations for specific games and how you can use them in classrooms, at https://www.edutopia.org/article/border-crossings-matthew-farber
Source: Edutopia
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Title: Make Bingo Cards, and Have Your Students Make Flashcards
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From http://www.freetech4teachers.com
If you make custom Bingo cards for classroom activities, you may like this suggestion for doing so using Google Sheets templates: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/02/quickly-create-bingo-boards-in-google.html#.WK3urhDHu80
Meanwhile, if your students like to make flashcards, here are three ways for them to do so online: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/02/three-ways-for-students-to-create.html#.WK3ushDHu80
Source: Free Technology for Teachers
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Title: Extensive Reading and Reading Proficiency: What the Evidence Says
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From http://www.eltresearchbites.com
Here is a summary of a meta-analysis of studies on extensive reading by E-Y. Jeon and R. R. Day, along with general discussion of guidelines for implementing an extensive reading program as part of your language teaching: http://www.eltresearchbites.com/201702-extensive-reading-and-reading-proficiency-what-the-evidence-says/
Source: ELT Research Bites
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