Need a speaking lesson that lasts the whole class period for your language students? Speaking is the thing the majority of my students hate and …
1 Easy Speaking Lesson That Lasts the Whole Class Period
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3 Cool Spanish Speaking Activities for Winter
Do you use the season to your advantage? In Spanish class, we can help our students reach greater proficiency levels by giving them LOTS of topics to speak and write about! Even if the current unit has nothing to do with a particular season, there’s no reason you can’t work that in! Try these ideas for Spanish Speaking Activities for Winter!
3 Helpful Ways Improve Spanish Conversation Skills
I’m going to start with a big admission. For a long time in my career as a Spanish teacher, I avoided having students participate in …
No Language Lab? No Problem!
Does your school have a language lab? My school has been through many iterations. We had one, then we had one without any supported software, and then they dismantled it……. 🤔🤔🤔
Bur now we use a software called Extempore. It’s a subscription service that our district pays for. It continues to improve each year, and I think it’s great! I am not paid to say this, and I have no affiliate benefits either. I’m just putting this app out there in case it could help other Spanish and World Language teachers and students!
The Seal of Biliteracy
Can your students earn the Seal of Biliteracy? If you’re curious, this is an award given to graduating high school students who are proficient in at least one language other than English. Read more to learn how to institute it in your school!
FREE Integrated Listening and Speaking Activity!
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3 Helpful Facts About Integrated Listening and Speaking Activities
Are you looking for ways to build proficiency with your Spanish students? I have a great suggestion! Begin Integrated Listening and Speaking activities as soon as possible with your students!
Guided Conversations for Performance & Proficiency
This month we’ve talked about several ways to stay focused on your curriculum, themes and grammar points (Performance) while working towards building our students’ proficiency. Another way to do this is to use Guided Conversations for Performance and Proficiency.
Spanish Listening and Speaking Activities
Are you doing Integrated Spanish Listening and Speaking Activities in your Spanish classes this year? Embarrassing fact: I was NOT doing a lot of that with my students in the recent past. But now that my school offers the Seal of Biliteracy, my students need practice with the ILS, or Integrated Speaking and Listening activity. So as all teachers do, I learned and adapted. Hopefully I can help you learn to create these activities too!
Spanish Speaking Proficiency: Class Activities
How do you help your students build Spanish speaking proficiency in class? Do you feel lost and unsure about how to do it? I did too! But it turns out that there is no big secret or mystery. It’s about giving students the right kind of opportunities to practice, the scaffolds they need to feel confident, and the feedback necessary to make corrections or improvements!