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

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 [...]

On the other hand, I am in awe of those colleagues who DO seem to do it all.  They are the ones who have three kids, teach a world language, coach after school, and still seem to have the best [...]

Are you wondering what to do when your administrators insist that you teach using the translation or grammar worksheet method?  Educate your administrators! Are you tired of being evaluated by [...]

With a ratio of 36 students per teacher, how are the students going to get the one-on-one communication they need in order to become proficient in the target language? They’re not. But new [...]

In this post, I will tell you, step by step, how to get your school to pay for resources that will save you time, save your sanity, and bring your students to proficiency.

I’m so excited! I just had my first conversation online with a French speaker and it was SO! MUCH! FUN!  Would you like to know how to get your students speaking the target language outside the [...]

What is the Best Way to Teach Spanish? How do you write a Spanish lesson plan? A French lesson plan? Is there a Spanish Lesson Plan Template? (Free Lesson Plan Template below.) In this post, we [...]

HOW DO YOU WRITE A SPANISH OR FRENCH LESSON PLAN FOR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL? THIS component is crucial if you want to write effective lesson plans: TENSION Do you have enough tension in your [...]

Would you like to know how to write effective lesson plans?  Honestly, writing World Language lesson plans can be overwhelming at times.  At the end of the day when my brain is most fried, I not [...]