Monthly Archives: January 2012

Use Homework to Increase Your Students’ Language Acquisition

Hello everyone, and welcome back to #langchat! We had a fast-paced, fantastic discussion Thursday night on somewhat of a repeat topic: homework that helps students’ language acquisition. Back in June we shared many motivating homework ideas, and participants voted to … Continue reading

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Motivate Students to Start and Stay in World Language Classes

Hello everyone! We had an engaging and fast-paced discussion on Thursday concerning the best strategies to get students motivated to start and stay in world language classes. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and contributing your thoughts to the discussion; … Continue reading

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How to Enhance Acquisition and Relevancy with Authentic Media

We had a fast-paced #langchat discussion on Thursday, full of great debate and some terrific suggestions to implement in your classroom. Our topic was on how to enhance language acquisition and make class relevant to students with authentic media. Participants continue … Continue reading

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How to Develop Students’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills

Hello everyone, and welcome back to #langchat! We hope your holidays were filled with joy and good companionship. This past Thursday, we had a fantastic first #langchat of 2012 with some quality discussion and professional development. Our topic, “How do … Continue reading

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Free Professional Development from #LangChat for Language Educators

Get your free #LangChat e-book, containing the best teacher-suggested tips and tricks for world-language education! #LangChat is an independent group of educators who get together every week on Twitter to discuss topics of interest to the world-language community. Your colleagues … Continue reading

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