When you want to play games with your students yet you want the games to promote proficiency, try out a few of these ideas.

When we are headed back to school in September, the learning our students will need most will be in the realm of social emotional learning. How do we address this while still practicing French? I have put together some resources to help start off your school year. Here is a set of slides dedicated to…

There are many large group games that prioritize communication and are perfect for the proficiency-based classroom. In addition, these games work to strengthen relationships between students and increase the intent to speak because they are fun. You will find game ideas under the games category to the right. To escape the winter doldrums, I have…

As I have come to understand proficiency-based instruction, my games have become so much more interesting for students. In my current Jeopardy games, students are doing a guessing game from a clue. My clues use circumlocution to talk around the terms and lead students to the answer. There are a few choices for large-group games…