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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  The more strategies you have for comprehensible input, the more engaging your lessons will be. After all, you can’t tell TPR stories all day every day. It’s exhausting, and students will [...]

Help! Please tell me how to do it all! The number one complaint I hear from coworkers and teachers all over the United States is, “I’m overwhelmed! I can’t do it all!” On the other hand, I am in [...]

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 [...]

When I was a new teacher, I was amazed that world language educators were expected to teach with so few resources to accomplish their instructional goals. I had no time for a life. I spent every [...]