Best Spanish Language Student/Teacher Podcasts (2024)

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49. The Conditional Tense - El Condicional - Catalan for Beginners 33:47

2h ago33:47

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Send us a Text Message. Benvinguts i benvingudes de nou! This episode will teach you how to use the conditional tense to talk about hypothetical things - things you 'would' do... But not just 'you', as you will learn all the pronouns so you can easily manipulate lots of verbs to include talking about other people. We hope you find it useful as alwa…

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#18 - Using Research-Based Social Justice Units and Teaching Techniques with Timothy Chávez | Meet the Speaker Series Practical & Comprehensible 31:41

7h ago31:41

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Send us a Text Message. Practical and Comprehensible is the premiere conference event each year for proficiency-oriented world language teachers! This year, come meet the speakers on the Practical Proficiency Podcast to get a sneak peek and bonus content from the presenters! Meet Timothy Chávez, who is presenting this year on thematic units with so…

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Revisit Trying Something New 3:55

1d ago3:55

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #153 This is episode 2 in my 2024 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 26th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monda…

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#17 - Using Art in World Language | Practical & Comprehensible Meet the Presenter: Courtney of Llearning Llama 19:53

6d ago19:53

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Send us a Text Message. The Practical & Comprehensible conference is back for 2024! Meet presenter Courtney Bonino of Llearning Llama to hear more about her awesome presentation: ARTful Lesson Planning! Her presentation this year is all about how to use Art in your Spanish classes and world language classes at large. Sign up for this free conferenc…

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Revisit Honing Our Craft 4:04

6d ago4:04

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #152 This is episode 1 in my 2024 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 26th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monda…

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Get Into Your Summer Head Space 5:41

13d ago5:41

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #151 Now that the school year is over hopefully you have a little less on your mind and have a little extra time. This is the perfect time to get into your summer headspace. What do I mean by that? You’ll soon understand. Let’s jump in. time to reflect without other pressing…

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48. The Future Tense - El Futur Simple - Catalan for Beginners 38:35

13d ago38:35

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Send us a Text Message. Benvinguts i benvingudes al episodi 48! So far we've covered present and past tenses, this one is all about the future! (The most common future tense - the simple future). We hope it is simple for you to understand and use ;) You will also learn some time expressions in the future tense so that you can use these verbs in sen…

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How Do You Assess Your Own Teaching? 20:09

22d ago20:09

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #150 How often do we stop to reflect on our teaching? Hopefully we take the time and opportunity to do it regularly so that we are teaching our students as effectively as possible. In this episode I’m going to talk about reflective practice and how we can use this as languag…

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CBP 1.30 | End-of-unit review 27:26

25d ago27:26

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We've reached lesson 30 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this episode we're reviewing everything we've learned in our beginner's course so far. We’ll be doing this by listening to and studying two short dialogues, which contain words and phrases on many of the topics we’ve covered. After this episode, we will be taking a break and will be back with e…

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47. The Past Tense - El Perifràstic - Catalan for Beginners 32:48

26d ago32:48

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Send us a Text Message. Hola! In this lesson you will learn all about the 'perifràstic' tense to talk about what you did in the past. You will also learn some time expressions in the past to use with these verbs and we're particularly focussed on describing holidays. There will be more practise in the bonus episode on how to talk about your holiday…

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Circumlocution, An Essential Communication Skill 18:35

1M ago18:35

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #149 As teachers, and proficient second language speakers, we have figured out ways to communicate words that we don’t know. We can teach this skill to students early on so that they can begin doing it right away. Circumlocution is a strategy for describing or defining a con…

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Performance and Proficiency in the Language Classroom 20:27

1M ago20:27

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #148 What is your understanding of the word proficiency? This is a concept that we use all the time in our language classrooms. How about the word performance? This concept is also becoming more commonplace in our teaching vernacular. When we say that we are proficiency-orie…

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CBP 1.29 | Making a phone call 21:26

1M ago21:26

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In lesson 29 of Coffee Break Portuguese, we're learning how to make a phone call in Portuguese. Join Rafael and Ava to find out what to say when you answer the phone in Portuguese, learn other useful phrases you'll need for a telephone conversation, and hear everything in context in a practice dialogue. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus mate…

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Check-Ins With Teachers From Coaching Episodes 27:41

2M ago27:41

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #147 Throughout the school year I published Leveling Up Coaching episodes with language teachers who are taking on a challenge area in their teaching or simply wanted to improve in a particular area. As part of this collaborative relationship we talk through some possibiliti…

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46. The Present Tense - El Present - Catalan for Beginners 41:49

1M ago41:49

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back! Benvinguts i benvingudes de nou! This episode is all about the present tense! We are delving into the grammar side of things much more in the next few lessons so that we can begin to really feel confident in communicating in different tenses, since we always use them in our every day conversations. We have obvi…

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#16 - Novice High | What Level is My Student? 25:49

2M ago25:49

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Send us a Text Message. This one is for novice high - the level you'll spend the most time with in your career! Listen to get in-depth examples for exactly what novice highs can do with language, in teacher-friendly language of course! Let's connect: Get the Free World Language Teacher Toolkit Get the Free Roadmap to Proficiency Website TPT Instagr…

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Interpretive Listening Strategies and Activities with Steven Lopez 30:09

2M ago30:09

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #146 When it comes to providing comprehensible input, is it possible to use authentic resources? In this episode, we explore how to use authentic listening resources as a form of comprehensible input with Steven Lopez, a Spanish teacher in New York. Steven shares his process…

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CBP 1.28 | Hobbies and free time 31:07

2M ago31:07

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Welcome to lesson 28 of Coffee Break Portuguese! The topic of this lesson is free time. We’re going to learn how to talk about your hobbies and the activities you enjoy doing, as well as how to say when and how often you do them, using adverbs of frequency in Portuguese. We'll also be joined by Catarina in a Cafezinho com Catarina all about Portugu…

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Concrete Ways to Support Proficiency Growth 27:51

2M ago27:51

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #145 In this episode I’m taking on the question of leveling up. We often talk about proficiency levels and the output that goes along with each level. We’ll take a look at some concrete examples of language produced at each level and I’ll share some suggestions for how we ca…

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45. REVIEW - Can you understand a conversation about sports, TV, music and school? - Catalan for Beginners 35:07

2M ago35:07

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to another episode! You have reached a review episode where we put all our knowledge from the last four episodes to the test. There will also be some recap of even prior knowledge and some new things to learn along the way, particularly those kind of 'filler' words and phrases to use in a conversation as we are …

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#15 - Novice Mid: What Levels Are My Students? ACTFL Levels Deep Dive 12:05

2M ago12:05

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Send us a Text Message. We're continuing this series on the new 2024 ACTFL guidelines. This answers a common question I get - what level should my students be in and how do I know that? Let's talk about what Novice Mid actually looks like and what it means for your world language program. Check the ACTFL 2024 Proficiency Guidelines here Let's conne…

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Using Student Performance Data to Adjust Our Teaching with Wyatt Crane 27:51

2M ago27:51

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #144 What do you do with the information that you learn from the assessments that you give students? Even if we are talking about end–of-unit summative assessments we should look at the overall results and see if there are any changes we should make to instruction. This is o…

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#14 - What Level is My Student? Novice Low - ACTFL Levels Deep Dive 15:26

2M ago15:26

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Send us a Text Message. The new ACTFL Proficiency guidelines for 2024 are HERE! Our new series comes from a common listener question - what level should my students be in and how do I know that? Let's talk about what Novice Low actually looks like and what it means for your world language program. Check the ACTFL 2024 Proficiency Guidelines here Le…

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44. School life & Subjects - Catalan for Beginners 36:30

2M ago36:30

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Send us a Text Message. Ei! Com va? This episode is all about school! You will learn a little about the school system and how to talk about different stages of education as well as how to talk about what your favourite subject is or was! (using the past tense!) Let us know what you thought of the episode or if you have any further insights about sc…

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CBP 1.27 | Telling the time 22:44

2M ago22:44

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In lesson 27 of Coffee Break Portuguese, we’re covering another useful, everyday topic – telling the time. We’ll learn how to ask someone for the time, how to say what the time is in Portuguese, and how to say at what time events start and end. Vamos lá! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each le…

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Keep Up Your Own Target Language Proficiency and Confidence 16:21

2M ago16:21

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #143 If you’re not a native speaker, how do you maintain your proficiency and confidence in speaking the language that you teach? Today’s episode is a Leveling Up episode, where I coach Stephanie, a middle school teacher in Maine. Maintaining and improving her personal confi…

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#13 - Element 10: Culture | 10 Elements of Proficiency-Oriented World Language Instruction 22:00

2M ago22:00

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Send us a Text Message. It's here, the one we world language teachers have been waiting for - culture lessons! However, culture is complex. Our solution to exposing students to widely diverse cultures should be equally complex and thoughtful. Here's some practical ideas to get you started. Find the mentioned free French Units for back to school her…

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Incorporating Current Events into the Language Classroom with Ben Tinsley 31:46

3M ago31:46

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #142 How do you address current events with your students? In this episode we take on the topic of current events in the language classroom with Ben Tinsley, a French teacher in Pennsylvania. This is Ben’s third time on the podcast and he is here again to share his practical…

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#12 - Element 9: Proficiency-Oriented Assessments | 10 Elements of Proficiency-Oriented World Language Instruction 18:08

3M ago18:08

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Send us a Text Message. Hey hey hey, it's assessment day! This could be a giant deep dive. Today, we're focusing on how to switch mindsets from our assessments being an occasional to a REGULAR and CRUCIAL piece of the proficiency-oriented classroom. They help your students as much as they help inform you! Let's connect: Get the Free World Language …

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43. Instruments, Music & Emotions - Catalan for Beginners 28:07

3M ago28:07

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Send us a Text Message. Hola! This episode teaches you vocabulary for different instruments and how to say what you play or used to play. You will also learn some common emotions along with the verb 'to be' - 'estar' and put all of this together into sentences to practice the language! We hope you enjoy the episode. If you do we would love a rating…

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CBP 1.26 | Talking about work 22:28

3M ago22:28

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Olá! The topic of today's lesson is work. In this episode we're learning new vocabulary to refer to different types of work and professions, as well as finding out how to ask someone what their job is and how to talk about what you do. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can acces…

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Shifting the Focus from Grammar to Function 22:09

3M ago22:09

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #141 What have you heard about language functions? I see this as the idea of using the target language to communicate or convey a message rather than only being able to describe the grammatical structures, patterns and vocabulary. In this episode we are going to take a look …

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#11 - Element 8: 60% Input | 10 Elements of Proficiency-Oriented World Language Instruction 7:39

3M ago7:39

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Send us a Text Message. Today's element - input! This is a proficiency teacher favorite. We always talk about how important it is, but that doesn't always mean that YOU need to be the source. Go to Blog Post of the 10 Elements of Proficiency Oriented World Language Instruction (contains image printout) Take action - pick 1 element from today's epis…

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Translanguaging with Dr. Uju Anya 42:31

3M ago42:31

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #140 Have you heard of the term “Translanguaging?” In this episode, we are going to explore this emerging concept in language teaching with Dr. Uju Ayna, an Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition at Carnegie Mellon University. She helps us to understand exactly w…

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#10 - Element 7: Inclusive and Community Oriented Spaces | 10 Elements of Proficiency-Oriented World Language Instruction 9:30

3M ago9:30

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we discuss a list of the people I enjoy learning from to further my journey into equity-driven education. These are the trusted speakers, writers, and teachers to follow and keep in your feed! Head here to the accompanying blog post for the list of DEI speakers and leaders in the world language space. Let's …

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CBP 1.25 | Descriptions and appearances 25:06

3M ago25:06

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We've reached lesson 25 of our course and today's topic is describing people in Portuguese. We'll be learning useful words and phrases to describe someone's appearance and say what they are like. This means that we'll also be reviewing the basics of adjective agreement in Portuguese. Finally, we'll be joined by Catarina, who has a fascinating cultu…

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42. TV & Film - Què mires? Què no mires? Shows & Negative expressions - Catalan for Beginners 38:14

3M ago38:14

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back! Another episode and this time we are learning about TV & film, including how to say what we watch/like to watch/favourite shows/films and also learning some negative structures to talk about what we don't watch! We hope you enjoy it and find it useful. If you do we hope you will consider rating/reviewing the sh…

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Strategies for Checking Comprehension 28:30

3M ago28:30

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #139 Do you feel that you provide comprehensible input to your students? Do you have a solid understanding of how beneficial this is to their language learning? Hopefully you are thinking, yes indeed. An important part of this process is checking that students do, in fact un…

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From Unit Plans to Daily Lessons 24:12

4M ago24:12

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #138 How do you take a unit plan and translate that into daily lessons? Today’s episode is a Leveling Up episode, where I coach Liz, a Spanish teacher in the Northeast of the US. Translating a unit plan into daily lessons is the area where wants to level up her teaching prac…

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#9 - Element 6: Conduit for Conversation | 10 Elements of Proficiency-Oriented World Language Instruction 7:27

4M ago7:27

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Send us a Text Message. Today's element - the class! Everything should be a conduit for conversation in world language. So where does that leave teachers? As the party host, of course! Go to Blog Post of the 10 Elements of Proficiency Oriented World Language Instruction (contains image printout) Take action - pick 1 element from today's episode and…

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CBP 1.24 | The present tense and the alphabet 29:02

4M ago29:02

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In lesson 24 of Coffee Break Portuguese we're covering two essential topics to help you take your beginner's Portuguese further. Join Rafael and Ava to learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense and learn the Portuguese alphabet. Vamos lá! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each le…

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41. Sport! Esport! How often do you play different sports? - Catalan for Beginners 29:37

4M ago29:37

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Send us a Text Message. Ei! Com anem? This episode is all about sports! You will learn vocabulary for 10 common sports, as well as be able to say how often you play them, give opinions and say which sport is your favourite. We hope you like the episode and find it useful. Feel free to get in touch with us with any questions or to chat to us. You ca…

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Supporting Students' Speaking Confidence 22:09

4M ago22:09

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #137 Are your students confident when speaking the target language in your classroom and with speakers of the language? This is not always easy for students. Building speaking confidence in language learners is a gradual process, and it starts with tailoring activities to th…

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#8 - Allison Wienhold of Mis Clases Locas - Movies in World Language Class 37:18

4M ago37:18

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Send us a Text Message. Let's dive into how to use movies in your classroom! Allison of Mis Clases Locas is an expert in utilizing culture-rich movies as a source of input and cultural perspectives, especially for multiprep teachers. Connect with her below and be sure to join the conference in June!! Allison Wienhold of Mis Clases Locas has over a …

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10 Strategies for Effective Language Classroom Management 20:12

4M ago20:12

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #136 Have you ever found yourself in a classroom where the atmosphere was so positive and engaging that you couldn’t help but feel excited about learning? Have you wondered how some language teachers seem to easily manage their classrooms while fostering a sense of community…

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#7 - Element 5: Output is Well-Timed and Meaningful | 10 Elements of Proficiency-Oriented World Language Instruction 11:30

4M ago11:30

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Send us a Text Message. Today's element is all about the speaking and the signing: how to make sure we're doing the right speaking activities at the right time. Go to Blog Post of the 10 Elements of Proficiency Oriented World Language Instruction (contains image printout) Take action - pick 1 element from today's episode and see where you can make …

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CBP 1.23 | At the pharmacy 27:45

4M ago27:45

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Welcome to lesson 23 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we're covering the transactional language that you'll need on a trip to the pharmacy in a Portuguese-speaking location. We'll be learning how to ask for medicine and ask how to take it, as well as other useful words and phrases on the topic of health. This episode expands on what we le…

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Pacing Your Lessons with Fadi Aboughoush 26:31

4M ago26:31

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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #135 In this episode, we talk about pacing in our language classrooms. How do we determine the amount of time that students should spend on particular activities? Part of this involves when and how to use Brain Breaks. Fadi Aboughoush, an Arabic teacher in Chicago, has a wea…

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40. QUIZ! Can you talk about your routines and where you live? Review lesson - Catalan for Beginners 37:46

4M ago37:46

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Send us a Text Message. Time to put your knowledge to the test with another review lesson! This episode is a quiz for Alex and you listening to see how much you have remembered from episodes 36-39 - these involved talking about our daily routines and details about where you live. We covered a lot of grammar like reflexive verbs, possessive articles…

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#6 - Element 4: 2-Way Communication | 10 Elements of Proficiency-Oriented World Language Instruction 14:46

4M ago14:46

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Send us a Text Message. This is the essential world language teacher framework for each piece of your target language rich classroom based on proficiency practices. If you're into proficiency-oriented instruction, here's where to start. Today's element deep dive is on how to finally get interaction with your students through 2-way communication: re…

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