Making vocabulary decisions? Some of us make our students memorize so many pointless vocabulary words. The word ‘luggage’ is in the first lesson of the...
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Friends! I’m having a hard time managing all of the vlog emails & questions while teaching.I know that the CI community is just as able to answer. SO, I...
Friends! Want to spend the day observing a comprehensible input-providing teacher?Do you need a colleague to plan lessons, to create rubrics, and to discover the meaning...
Hey, teacher friends! Nothing new to see here, but perhaps you’ve forgotten about how to do Reverse/Group Charades in language classes. Create a list of random...
Let’s get real. It’s hard to learn a language, most teachers can’t spend a couple years immersed in their target language to advance on the proficiency...
¡Amigos! Becky Morales from Kid World Citizen interviewed me on her Language Latte podcast, and the show came out this month! The topic is how language teachers can...
Comprehensible input providers are always in need of great stories, and they’re especially engaging if the characters are people who the language learners know: my...
Hey, Friends! We’ve all played 2 Truths & 1 Lie with our classes before, but here is a great way to keep score and motivate comprehension. 2 Truths & A Lie1...
Hola, Profes Locos. I just filmed an activity that many of us have been doing for years! I like to call Taboorades. It’s kinda like Taboo… and...
Negotiating meaning is exhausting! To maintain engagement and maximum effort, it might be necessary to facilitate brain breaks for your students. I found this brain...
Button, Button is a fun brain break when students need some CI rest, or it can be a grammar practice game. I don’t know your department curriculum requirements, so...