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Visual texts include maps, photos, videos (including but not limited to short films without words) and art work. An image has so much to observe and our students are very visual, think about the pictures and videos they share on social media. You can usually get students’ attention with a powerful image. In this post,…
As we return to school in January, African teams will be competing in the Coupe d’Afrique des Nations. I wrote a series of lessons to review high frequency vocabulary while getting to know the participating countries better and diving deeper into understanding the Ivory Coast, the host country for the competition. Join me in using…
Our national standards for World Language teaching advise us to use authentic resources to teach language and culture. I set out to show other teachers through example what that would look like. Find linked here a list of authentic resources to teach language and culture with suggestions of activities to use them to maximize their…