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Rosetta Stone 4 Replies
Hi All We are considering getting a site license (25 concurrent users) for Rosetta Stone to supplement our middle school French program as well as to help us offer other international languages. I'd…Continue
Tags: languages, international, French, Stone, Rosetta
Started by Andrea Fanjoy. Last reply by Bob Murry Apr 21.
Useful Ipad apps
Having been to several conferences, the following apps have come up as useful: voicethread, audacity, explain everything, scribble press, imovieIt would be great to exchange projects done at various…Continue
Started by Kathy jany Nov 11, 2012.
Smart Boards in the F.L. Classroom 5 Replies
We're trying to decide if a Smart Board in the F.L. classroom is a wise investment. One concern is that it will promote teacher-centered learning. Does anyone have experience using the Smart Board as…Continue
Started by Mike Houston. Last reply by patricia osullivan Oct 17, 2011.
Blogs in the FL Classroom 2 Replies
Salvete omnes!I currently teach Latin in the middle school. I am interested in using blogs in my classes, and am wondering how others may have used them.Continue
Tags: blog
Started by Jessica McMahon. Last reply by Melinda Burke Jul 13, 2011.
Language Studies Consultant 2 Replies
I have been contacted by a school asking about identifying a consultant who knows independent schools and reviews language programs/provides ideas for professional development/knows about technology…Continue
Started by Richard Hall. Last reply by Jamie Britto Mar 16, 2011.
List Servs for Language Teachers? 6 Replies
Does anyone know of a good list-serv for world language teachers?
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Gail Corder Aug 2, 2010.
Nings for Language Learning 7 Replies
Using a ning to further instructional goals of written and verbal communication seems like it would be motivating to students. Discussion boards, chat rooms, blog posts, uploading mp3 files, and…Continue
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Gail Corder Aug 2, 2010.
Bonjour tout le monde. 1 Reply
Hello fellow FL teachers out there. I am very interested in hearing from people their views on current trends in language teaching, challenges and successes in the classroom, activities that work,…Continue
Started by Dan Teitelbaum. Last reply by Anita Lewis Jul 15, 2010.
AP Spanish Language 3 Replies
¡Hola a todos! I am always looking for ideas and activities that will help boost student competence in the new sections of the AP Spanish Language exam. Whether speaking, presentational, writing,…Continue
Tags: activities, Spanish, AP
Started by Steven M Swaim. Last reply by Wendy Aug 9, 2009.
The Aim Gesture Approach 2 Replies
I teach elementary school French (pre-kindergarten through third grade). I have been reading about the Canadian, gesture-based AIM method and am attracted by its emphasis on introducing verbs to…Continue
Started by Ann Marguet. Last reply by Andrea Fanjoy Jun 19, 2009.
Differentiated reading resources for French learners 2 Replies
We are a 1-8 school where students learn French as a second language in all grades. Using the AIM program (phenomenally effective and highly recommended! - check it out at…Continue
Tags: Integrative, Method, (AIM), Accelerated, and
Started by Andrea Fanjoy. Last reply by Andrea Fanjoy Jun 19, 2009.
Do you use Skype with students? 3 Replies
Using skype to talk with native speakers (or other clasrooms) seems like a great tool. Do you do it?This video is from a 4th grade ESL classroom...…Continue
Tags: skype
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Leo Willems Apr 29, 2009.
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Comment by Ileana on June 8, 2010 at 6:34am -
I'm a Spanish teacher in the upper school at Rye Country Day School. I teach level 1, honors 2 and 4. I'm interested in learning about other teachers' experiences with hispanohablantes, or heritage learners.
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Comment by Amy Jo Sibley on August 4, 2009 at 9:51am -
Bethany,
Thank you for sharing your Frida experience. You handled the situation quite well.
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Comment by Jessica McMahon on April 7, 2009 at 3:26pm -
Salve! I teach Latin the the Junior High.
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Comment by Sharon Lawrence on February 13, 2009 at 2:48pm -
I currently teach high school French in addition to my adminstrative responsibilities. I'd be interested in learning about the experiences of teachers who are teaching to students for whom French or Spanish is a third language. I've had several over the years and I find it to be a very interesting learning experience both for me and for the other students in the classroom.
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Comment by S. Verónica Toscano on February 13, 2009 at 12:40pm -
HOLA! BONJOUR!
I am a 5th grade Spanish and French teacher.
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Comment by Deborah Jennings on February 13, 2009 at 12:02pm -
I am a foreign language teacher who teaches high school French.
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Comment by Bethany O'Connell on January 8, 2009 at 10:24am -
A lesson in tolerance and perseverance: I teach a Middle School Exploring Languages course at an all-girls' school and normally I am amazed at their enthusiasm and curiosity for languages and cultures. This fall, however, I came to class excited to teach a short Spanish lesson on colors through an exploration of the paintings of Picasso and Frida Kahlo. The students were able to use color vocabulary and some emotional descriptions to describe paintings from Picasso's Blue and Rose periods. Yet they were easily sent off track when I brought out the book on Frida Kahlo and our only native Spanish speaker from Mexico exclaimed, "I hate Frida Kahlo!" She being the "authority" on all things Spanish, the other students began to join the tirade with, "She's ugly!" and "Why are her eyebrows so ugly!" What's worse, they had lost all sense of the purpose of the lesson and began speaking in English. I knew I had to bring them around somehow, so I began to tell them the story of Frida's life and read from some poems she had written. They became more interested in her paintings when I told them about her accident. They were most interested in the painting entitled, "The Two Frida's." I talked with them about beauty, and showed them how her eyebrows were not so thick in her photographs as in her actual paintings. I began to ask questions in Spanish, and this seemed to turn the whole class around. At least, all but perhaps our very opinionated Mexican student. Finally, we were able to use our Spanish vocabulary to describe the colors and voice both our positive and negative opinions in Spanish. Whew!
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