Shakespeare Resources That Make His Works Accessible and Fun for Students
The unfamiliar language is often the biggest hurdle. While it’s crucial for students to read the actual text, providing immediate support is key.
Janie Hampton |
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The “Studies” at the CI Summit: A Unique Comprehensible Input Experience for Language Teachers
Step into the role of a language learner in the CI Summit’s immersive Studies—live classes in Arabic, Mandarin, Latin, or German designed for teachers. Experience Comprehensible Input firsthand, feel what real...
Erin Almeranti |
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7 CI Goals YOU Can Achieve—Before Summer!
The end of the school year is the perfect time to try something new. Here are seven CI goals you can set for yourself and achieve in your classroom before...
Melisa Ferguson |
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How to Teach Shakespeare in a Modern Classroom: Engaging Activities and Resources
"...the themes Shakespeare explores are universal and, crucially, relevant to students’ own lives. We often forget that these plays are essentially blueprints for the most significant human conflicts."
Janie Hampton |
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Simple StoryAsking Fixes to Build Community, Collaboration, and Confidence
Storytelling is a powerful tool for language acquisition. A good co-created story pulls students into the learning process, forges an emotional connection to the content and to one another, and...
Melisa Ferguson |
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Best Social Studies Resources to Make History Come Alive for Students
Experiential situations that draw students into real experiences of people and events in history bring the content alive!
Alexis Gross |
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My Experience at the CI Summit
Being part of a CI/ADI community has been my lifeline these past 13 years in which I have gone all-in with CI instruction. I know that I would NOT at...
Keith Toda |
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Make Your Class Predictably Unpredictable for Increased Student Engagement
When your go-to classroom routines become too familiar, use small tweaks to make them feel new again.
Melisa Ferguson |
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The Power of Free Voluntary Reading (FVR) in Language Acquisition: Why It Works
Free Voluntary Reading, also known as SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) is an extremely powerful activity in the world language classroom because it provides students with rich comprehensible input that can...
Kristin Archambault |
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Building a World Language Curriculum That Inspires Communication, Not Memorization
Sometimes it feels like pulling teeth to get students to talk in class; they are afraid to make mistakes and sound dumb. It is important to remind them that you...
Kayla Cousineau |
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Why Weekend Chat Belongs in Every World Language Classroom
Weekend Chat is exactly what it sounds like: students talk or write about what they did over the weekend using the target language. While it may seem basic, this routine...
Kayla Cousineau |
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Understanding Acquisition-Driven Instruction: A Simple Guide for Language Teachers
Acquisition-Driven Instruction requires a shift in mindset but leads to long-lasting results.
Kristin Archambault |
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Maps that Speak: Teaching Geography Through Language
As you wrestle with the newest approaches to language learning and how to incorporate them in your own classroom, don’t forget to include geography into your world language curriculum. Teaching...
Kayla Cousineau |
