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Title: Catalyst: New Platform for Language Teachers' Professional Growth
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CASLS and our sister LRC, Professionals in Education Advancing Research and Language Learning, are pleased to announce the release of a new platform for language teachers' professional growth. Catalyst allows world language educators to set professional goals, identify their strengths, and upload evidence and reflections that document their ongoing growth. Learning happens most effectively within communities. With Catalyst, educators of all levels can connect with others to engage in meaningful collaboration and receive feedback on teaching practices. Workshop facilitators, department heads, and other professional mentors can encourage and support professional growth toward shared goals. Synchronous mentoring allows for real-time feedback.
Catalyst is based on the Teacher Effectiveness in Language Learning (TELL) framework and developed collaboratively by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) and Professionals in Education Advancing Research and Language Learning (PEARLL).
Catalyst is available at https://catalyst.uoregon.edu/. Create an account and begin your collaborative journey in professional growth.
Source: CASLS
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Title: Activities from STARTALK
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Professionals in Education Advancing Research and Language Learning (PEARLL), one of our sister LRCs, is happy to be able to introduce you to a new resource for classroom activities from STARTALK. STARTALK is a national grant program administered by the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) that provides summer world language learning opportunities to K-16 students and professional development opportunities to world language teachers. Throughout its 12 years, STARTALK has also developed trusted, high-quality resources for world language classrooms.
STARTALK has identified a variety of activities designed to keep learners engaged as they process and produce language. All of the activities include a short overview description, step-by-step directions, as well as helpful tips and suggestions for differentiation. Some of the activities also include video examples, strategy guides, graphic organizers or sample materials, as well as links to additional resources.
Check them out at http://teach.nflc.umd.edu/startalk/classroom-activities
Source: PEARLL
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Title: Podcast: The Complexity of Language, Acquisition, Teaching, and Textbooksq
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In Episode 102 of the We Teach Languages podcast series, professor, researcher, and textbook author Michael Leeser talks about how he views language and language teaching, how he approaches the methods course, and the roles of input and output in language learning.
Listen to the podcast and access the show notes at https://weteachlang.com/2019/05/03/ep-102-with-michael-leeser/
Source: We Teach Languages
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Title: Podcast: Teaching Languages Online
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From https://kidworldcitizen.org
In the Language Latte Podcast for May 8, Becky Morales talks about online language learning: advantages and disadvantages, tips to be a successful online teacher, and the most popular platforms right now. The podcast concludes with an interview with T'helah Ben-Dan, who teaches Hebrew online.
Listen to this podcast and read the transcript at https://kidworldcitizen.org/teaching-languages-on-line-strategies-and-pitfalls/
Source: Kid World Citizen
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Title: Using TubeQuizard to Reinforce Listening Decoding
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From https://eltgeek.wordpress.com
Olya Sergeeva has created a short guide to using YouTube and TubeQuizzard to generate quizzes for subtitled YouTube videos that help language learners strengthen their decoding skills. Access it here: https://eltgeek.wordpress.com/2019/04/21/listening-decoding-with-youtube-and-tubequizard-a-quick-guide/
Source: ELT Stories
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Title: Teachers Use Mystery Skype To Give Students A Window on The World
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Teachers Use Mystery Skype To Give Students A Window on The World
by Amanda Morris
April 29, 2019
Some experts have found that eighth-grade classes spend just about 20 minutes a week on geography, and that's reflected in standardized tests. Just over a quarter of all eighth-graders score proficient or higher in the subject, which is a problem because knowing geography is key to understanding world events, politics and business. NPR's Amanda Morris reports on a game that some teachers are using to engage students in the world around them.
Read or listen to the article at https://www.npr.org/2019/04/29/712173682/teachers-use-mystery-skype-to-give-students-a-window-on-the-world
Source: NPR
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Title: Using Google Forms to Recap Vacation or the Weekend
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In this recent blog post, AnneMarie Chase describes how she used Google Forms to poll her students on what they did after spring break, then followed up with additional target-language conversation about the results: https://senorachase.com/2019/04/22/spring-break-chit-chat/
Source: Señora Chase
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Title: Podcast: Standards-Based Grading
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From https://www.coolcatteacher.com
In Episode 478 of the Cool Cat Teacher podcast, 2015 ACTFL Teacher of the Year Nicole Naditz talks about standards-based grading. Listen to the ten-minute podcast at https://www.coolcatteacher.com/standards-based-grading-how-to-start-the-journey/
Source: Cool Cat Teacher
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Title: Podcast: Promoting Equity in the Classroom
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From http://inspiredproficiency.libsyn.com
In a recent episode of the Inspired Proficiency podcast for language teachers, Kia London talks about incorporating student interest into classes, student culture in the classroom, and equity in the classroom. Listen to the fifty-minute podcast and access show notes at http://inspiredproficiency.libsyn.com/promoting-equity-in-the-classroom-with-kia-london
Source: Inspired Proficiency
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Title: End-of-Year Activities
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From http://ditchthattextbook.com
Here are more than fifty ideas for end-of-year activities across all content areas, the result of a #Ditchbook Twitter chat: http://ditchthattextbook.com/2019/04/19/50-awesome-end-of-year-ideas-activities-and-projects/
Source: Ditch That Textbook
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