I’ve shared about Running Dication before, and as much as I love running dictation, until last week I had never tried the traditional format for dictation. I first read about dictation on Keith Toda’s blog post here. If you’ve never visited his blog before, you’re totally missing out! He has lots of great ideas shared… Read More Classic Dictation
Confession: I probably spend too much time on Instagram. It’s definitely a time suck, but it’s also a great resource for new ideas! I got this idea from @mademoisellefallowfield and her post about a review game based on the fun What do you Meme? party game. She was kind enough to share her meme images to help… Read More Meme Game for World Language Classes
I love having a stash of reading activities handy that you can pull out with ANY text, reading, or resource. This activity is actually one that would work well with movie clips or music too! It’s definitely one of my go-to activities when I want students to interact with the resource again, in a different… Read More True/False: No Prep Reading Activity
I have already shared a pile of Thanksgiving activities that I am planning on using this year, but I left one out! My Spanish 2 curriculum is PACKED. And, I mean packed. I have a really hard time fitting in “fun” things for them that don’t take us away from a very strict pace. A… Read More Thanksgiving Movie Talk
Sometimes we need something simple, low-prep, and easy to use! This activity is something you can do with any reading, and you don’t even have to make copies – it’s that simple! This activity is a reading activity that is really well disguised as a writing activity. So sneaky! SOME OF THE LINKS BELOW ARE… Read More Reading Activity for Spanish: The Most Important Sentence
I know a lot of us teach novice learners and that sometimes it can be hard to find listening activities for them that are accessible to novices AND fit into a topic we want them to listen to. You’ll find a great video and then they can only understand like..10 seconds of it. Don’t get… Read More Listening Library for Novice Learners