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Title: 500 Million Portuguese Speakers by 2100
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From https://www.languagemagazine.com/2019/08/04/500-million-portuguese-speakers-by-2100/
According to José Luís Carneiro, Portugal’s secretary of state for Portuguese communities abroad, “By 2060, the Portuguese language is predicted to be spoken by 380 million people, and by the end of the century that number could increase to 500 million Portuguese speakers worldwide.”
Carneiro claimed that “there are very clear indicators related to [Portuguese’s] growth all around the world. As an example, three years ago, there were only three universities in China that taught Portuguese. Now, there are more than 40. In South Africa, demand to learn Portuguese is increasing by about 40%,” cited the official.
The secretary, speaking at a seminar entitled the Return of the Emigrants held in Vimioso, Bragança, in northern Portugal, added that on the west coast of Africa, from Ivory Coast to Namibia, “there is a growing demand for the Portuguese language.”
In South America, demand is also growing in Spanish-speaking countries, especially Argentina. “The Portuguese language is very relevant for culture, but also for economic opportunity, especially in Latin America and Southern Africa, which is why Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Instituto Camões indicators show increased interest in Portuguese,” said Carneiro.
“It is in Latin America where Portuguese is most widely spoken, but there are predictions that by the end of the century Portuguese will be more widely spoken on the African continent, due to the expected population growth in countries such as Angola and Mozambique,” he added.
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: German Case Exercise with a Single Gender
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From https://yourdailygerman.com
The author of the German is easy! blog writes, "Cases are quite a big topic. There’s the different endings for different word groups, then the question of which case to use with verbs and which case to use with prepositions. And overall it’s way too much to digest at once, so it’s broken down into little chunks. Like… the section about Accusative case in a beginners book. Or a chart of the definite articles for all cases. Or a lecture about Two Way Prepositions and which case to use.
“There are many ways, to break up the big topic cases into smaller chunks, but there is one thing that most textbooks and exercises you can find online have in common… they deal with all three genders at a time."
In this post, learners can translate sentences into German. The sentences require a variety of cases to be accurate, but all nouns are masculine, so that the learner can focus on the correct case without also worrying about gender.
Read about and access the exercise at https://yourdailygerman.com/german-cases-exercise-masculine/
Source: German is easy!
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Title: Suggestions for Teaching Heritage Spanish Speakers in College
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From https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-teaching-spanish-to-college-students-who-know-it/
Maria Julia Rossi suggests six ways to teach college-level Spanish to heritage learners:
"1. Highlight all of the advantages of being heritage learners. Their pronunciation and speaking intuitions are usually unbeatable, as is their cultural competency. They understand what you say in Spanish from Day One!
"2. Honor the Spanish they have, without lying to them. (They are not stupid: They know when teachers are patronizing.) Understand that each language register serves a different purpose and is perfect for its context; these classes help expand the context in which Spanish can serve them.
"3. Discuss the idea of prestige, showing the ideological mechanisms that make it work. Social, historical and economic reasons that lie behind linguistic prestige illuminate how we feel about accents today.
"4. Show different kinds of Spanish in action. More often than not, students are surprised to encounter peer-reviewed articles in their fields in Spanish, and to find published short stories in Spanglish.
"5. Assign longer readings and more challenging writing activities. These students are used to reading lengthy texts for almost every class they take in English, and writing about those. Why assign the same students half-page articles or “true/false” and fill-in-the-blank activities, as so many textbooks for heritage learners do? Only to deny their interests (frequently imposing crystallized stereotypes) and their intelligence.
"6. Turn their attention to their peers, too. Help them recognize classmates as part of a community of peers rather than as a competitive environment in which they can lose."
Read the full article at https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-teaching-spanish-to-college-students-who-know-it/
Source: Hechinger Report
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Title: Body Parts Games and Activities for Young Spanish Learners
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From https://www.spanishplayground.net
Here is a collection of games, printables, and other activities aimed at young Spanish learners working on talking about parts of the body: https://www.spanishplayground.net/spanish-body-parts-games/
Source: Spanish Playground
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Title: Authentic Resources for Novice iGeneration Learners
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From https://passion4theprofession.com
Leslie Grahn describes the iGeneration, students born from 1996 through the present, as follows, "They are independent and competitive. They are digital natives. They have an 8 second attention span and they suffer from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). They will have 17 jobs in their lifetime and 15 homes. They spend an average of 10 hours per day using technology. They would rather watch or listen to streaming media on demand than traditional TV. They rarely use email because it is too slow and want to engage with relatable but not overly famous influencers. They value uniqueness, authenticity, creativity, shareability and recognition."
Building on her dedication to using authentic resources for language instruction, Grahn goes on to suggest a diverse collection of authentic resources for use in different thematic units for novice learners, especially targeted at topics that should interest the iGeneration. Read her post at https://passion4theprofession.com/2019/07/30/adding-depth-and-interest-to-novice-level-units-through-authentic-resources/
Source: passion4theprofession
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Title: Spanish Club Ideas
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From http://senoraspeedy.blogspot.com
Elementary Spanish teacher Jennifer Kennedy shares ideas for Spanish Club activities in a recent blog post. Although the ideas are targeted at elementary school learners, many of them could be used at any level.
Read the blog post at http://senoraspeedy.blogspot.com/2019/07/8-ideas-for-spanish-club.html
Source: Señora Speedy
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Title: Communicating with Families of English Learners
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From https://www.empoweringells.com
In this blog post, Tan Huynh shares strategies for communicating with the families of English learners in your school. Here are a few of his tips:
"Discourage English-only policies at home. One of the best things they can do is support the use of their own home language because we want students to be expressive in any language. If they are expressive in one language, they are more likely to be communicative in another.
"Encourage reading every night. Free reading from a student-selected book is one of the best things we can do to develop comprehension, vocabulary, and writing. As students read more, they develop their comprehension skills. As they read, their vocabulary expands and they start to use the language structures used in the books."
Read the full blog post at https://www.empoweringells.com/family-communication/
Source: Empowering ELLs
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Title: Back-to-School: Ways to Build Positive Relationships with Students
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From http://www.janaechevarria.com
Jana Echevarria shares recommendations for building positive relationships with English learners starting at the beginning of the school year in this blog post: http://www.janaechevarria.com/?p=1263
Source: Reflections on Teaching English Learners
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Title: Suggestions for Starting the New School Year
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From http://teachinginthetargetlanguage.com
Here are some suggestions for a teacher of any language for starting the new school year off on a positive note, with students ready to hear input in a new target language: http://teachinginthetargetlanguage.com/8-steps-for-an-easy-transition-into-the-new-year/
Source: Teaching in the Target Language
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Title: Emergency Sub Plans for Language Teachers
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From https://marishawkins.wordpress.com
Maris Hawkins shares a variety of ideas for emergency sub plans in this recent blog post: https://marishawkins.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/back-to-school-emergency-sub-plans/
Source: Maris Hawkins
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