Monthly Archives: May 2011

Thanks to all our dedicated #LangChat twitter participants who shared great ideas and resources on project-based learning (PBL) in the world language classroom. Thanks especially to the moderators, Don Doehla and Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell (@dr_dmd and @SECottrell). Below you’ll find an … Continue reading →

Thanks to all our dedicated #LangChat twitter participants who shared great ideas and resources on conducting authentic assessments in the language classroom.We had a lively discussion on what exactly is authentic assessment, how to plan for it, and which techniques … Continue reading →

During this week’s #LangChat, we discussed what characteristics make a language teacher effective. All participants appeared to agree that effective teachers need to have a very strong ability to speak the target language (preferably at an advanced level) as well … Continue reading →