by Stacy Blair | Apr 16, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Uncategorized, World Languages
Last semester, I grappled with fostering an increase in my students’ interpersonal communication skills, creating new routines, activities, and assessments. As my classroom is immersive, it’s a space where I speak French 90% of the time, so it often...
by Chris Barley | Mar 29, 2019 | Authenticity to the Discipline, Uncategorized, World Languages
Last semester I posed the following question related to a problem of practice (PoP) I faced as a teacher: How might we create routines and tasks in the Spanish classroom so that students engage in authentic conversations with each other? With the help of my...
by Stacy Blair | Jan 25, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Solutions, World Languages
One of my struggles as a French teacher is to foster independence in my students while providing them with authentic and comprehensible input. Finding a balance between providing good models of language and allowing them opportunities to practice speaking freely in...
by Chris Barley | Jan 6, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Solutions, World Languages
In my first blog post, I alluded to how difficult it was to get students to speak Spanish in class. I described my struggle with wanting students to speak perfectly and their struggle with actually using the target language in class. After thinking a lot about this...
by Stacy Blair | Oct 30, 2018 | 9/10th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, World Languages
The first time I travelled to France happened to be the year I spent studying abroad. I hadn’t gone every summer with family or even had the opportunity to spend a week or two abroad with classmates in high school, so it was an entirely surprising experience....
by Chris Barley | Oct 8, 2018 | 9/10th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, World Languages
I have taught high school Spanish for almost thirteen years, and the phrase I most frequently proclaim is “¡En español!” If I had a dollar for every time I uttered these words, my early retirement would most certainly be secured. In fact, here...
