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Picture Talk
Read more: Picture TalkA compelling photo can tell a story and can be leveraged into a context for a conversation. Start by eliciting vocabulary from the students, then you can use that vocabulary to talk about the picture. You will finish by constructing a text together with your students, which you will ask them to read. Picture Talk…
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Songs to reinforce vocabulary from a unit
Read more: Songs to reinforce vocabulary from a unitMusic gets my students’ attention. Sometimes they enjoy the tune and other times they revel in critiquing it. With Novice students music videos can serve to observe the images and use French to comment on what they see or they can listen for words (as opposed to for meaning) in the song. Here are a…
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Paid Resource: Movietalks from Others
Read more: Paid Resource: Movietalks from OthersWhile I probably am more willing than the next person to write my own teaching materials, I find the time that it takes to make quality resources is extensive. I would rather put my energy into being present for my students. When I can rely on materials I have written in the past or on…
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Insights on creating teaching materials using AI
Read more: Insights on creating teaching materials using AIHere is the unit I created with three texts from ChatGPT Family Unit, a unit that incorporates the French version of the film Encanto. When the Director of World Languages in my district first suggested Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool for developing teaching material, I paused, not in hesitation, but in genuine reflection. The…
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