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“No, I don’t want to go on a cruise,” my husband said, for the millionth time. “But, honey, everyone, without exception, who’s gone on the Alaskan cruise has raved about it! He waffled. I [...]

Why are understandable, compelling Spanish books for beginners so hard to find? As I pondered this question, the answer became evident. How can one write a captivating story using simple [...]

Is "Spring Fever" causing your students to disengage? Discover high-interest Spanish games and activities designed to deliver comprehensible input while keeping energy high. Explore digital [...]

Oh. My. Gosh! Did you know there is a web-based platform that automatically corrects and grades your oral exams for you? I’m agog! Amazed! Overjoyed! And peeved. Yes, peeved because I spent all [...]

“No!” Culture needs to be at least 10% of the grade,” my colleague protested. “Then we have to make homework only 5% of students’ grades,” I countered. “It’s already hard to get students to [...]

I was a failure. How could I teach novels in Spanish and French? My high school students were running to their counselors begging to drop my class. The brave ones spoke up, tears of defeat and [...]

“You taught Spanish 3 last year! It’s my turn!” a Spanish teacher colleague said. Yep! In our world language department, we stake our claim to the coveted level three Spanish course. Then: [...]

I was listening to my husband talk about the college class he teaches. He said, “I’m going to assign a book report. Wait. I can’t do that anymore. They will just use Chat GPT to write it for [...]

I was so excited when I found out about autocorrecting Google Forms. They saved me so much time! But then, the same education technology that allowed me to create and use autocorrecting tests and [...]

When my students first began giving oral presentations in my AP Spanish Language and Culture course, they had trouble for three reasons: 1. They had little knowledge of cultural practices in [...]

In this blog post, I share activities and strategies that have worked well in my French and Spanish classes to increase student engagement, and therefore, to increase proficiency in reading, [...]

WORLD LANGUAGE CONFERENCE: You can now register for the Practical and Comprehensible Conference, one of the best professional development opportunities of the year for world language teachers. It [...]