Get Yourself Published! Contributing to the FLTMAG
This 3-minute video introduces you to the FLTMAG and how easy it is to publish with us!
Read more
FLTMAG Resources for COVID-19
The FLTMAG editors have gone through much of the content of the FLTMAG and identified articles that might be particularly helpful during the emergency remote teaching going on in many places because of COVID-19. Recommendations Recommended Preparation for Emergency Online
Read more
Still Teaching Online? Unleash Creativity to Heighten Student Engagement and Build Community in the Asynchronous Language Classroom
By Heather Rice, The University of Texas at Austin Ask a teacher what it is they love most about their job and they’ll often tell you it’s the students. This is definitely true for me, and more specifically, it’s the
Read more
Why We at the FLTMAG Are Embracing Open Access and Open Review
By Shannon Donnally Quinn, FLTMAG Editor-in-Chief, and Edwige Simon, FLTMAG Founder Open Access for Readers When open access is mentioned, most people think of the problem of the cost of textbooks for students, but the cost of academic publications is
Read more
A Bitmoji Classroom Showcase
We asked teachers to share screenshots of their Bitmoji classrooms for a Bitmoji showcase! Check out the Bitmoji classrooms by Meredith White, Lorna Beduya, and Lauren Taylor! Meredith White, Gwinnett County Public Schools I have created several virtual Bimoji spaces
Read more
Virtual Crafting: Boosting Creativity While Building an Online Community
By Olga Klimova, University of Pittsburgh, Molly Peeney, University of Pennsylvania, and Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University When COVID-19 hit, many of the hands-on workshops that we conduct as extracurricular activities with our students were put on hold.
Read more
Mentimeter: A Multifaceted Interactive Presentation Tool
By Maria Khotimsky, Senior Lecturer in Russian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Using interactive digital presentations is a simple way to enhance student engagement during a warm-up, lesson summary, or a low-stakes assessment activity. Among the vast array of tools that
Read more
Announcing the 2021-2022 Cohort of the “Scenic Route” IALLT Mentorship Program!
IALLT invites all members to become a mentee or a mentor for the 2021-2022 mentorship cohort. Those that successfully complete the program will receive a certificate. Timeline Application deadline: July 31, 2021 Pairs will be matched in August. Mentor-mentee meetings
Read more
IALLT Interview Project Episode 4: Interview with Leslie Omaña Begert and Scott Cardwell
In this interview, Jeff sits down to talk with Scott Cardwell of ImmerseMe (a tool that uses virtual reality to simulate real-life situations in target cultures) and Leslie Omaña Begert of FabuLingua (a method that teaches kids Spanish through children’s
Read more
H5P Speak the Words Set for Structured Speaking
By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University One challenge that we faced when moving instruction online in the wake of COVID-19 was the potential of losing opportunities for students to practice speaking in the target language. H5P’s activity type “Speak
Read more
IALLT 2021 Conference Grant Opportunities
The IALLT 2021 conference will be held online, and will be free for members. Now thanks to the generous sponsorship of Duolingo, we have additional grants to offer that will cover membership/conference registration! If you are: a graduate student a
Read more
EduNovela in the L2 Spanish Classroom
By Maria Slusarek, Ph.D. Student, University of Iowa Introduction The world language classroom commonly uses videos as a way to foster an engaging, authentic and culturally centered language learning experience for students. EduNovela provides a unique 1:1 experience for Spanish
Read more
Put a Spin on Your Classes with Wheel of Names
By Sara Villa, Assistant Professor of Spanish, The New School, NY Introduction Digital spinners (also called random selector tools) allow instructors to engage students in language production in a turn-taking, game-like way. Most are free, and allow the wheel creator
Read more
Registration for the IALLT 2021 Virtual Conference now open!
Registration is now available for the IALLT 2021 Virtual Conference! Resilience has been indispensable in overcoming extreme challenges in the past academic year. The move to the online/remote teaching environment has forced us to carefully examine what we do, how
Read more
Professional Development in the COVID Era
By Amelia Ijiri, Adjunct Lecturer, Kyoto Sangyo University, and Betsy Lavolette, Associate Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University Introduction As teachers worldwide retooled to move classes online, formal and informal teacher resources for professional development (PD) experienced unprecedented growth. This
Read more
Customized “Apples to Apples” and “Cards Against Humanity” Games for Online Classes
By Asya Vaisman Schulman, Yiddish Book Center Playing modified versions of card-based party games like “Cards Against Humanity” or “Apples to Apples” can allow students to practice the target language in a structured but fun way. By creating custom card
Read more