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by Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YUIN1226 There are many reasons to use visuals in your classroom. They can help you stay in the target language. They can help you to create a context or a story
Read MoreEmily Beeman, Spanish teacher at Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield, MA. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LQFV7837 [Note: This article was written in November 2017] I came to Gimnasio Los Caobos, a Project-Based Learning (PBL) school outside of Bogotá Colombia, at the end
Read MoreFabrizio Fornara, Ph.D. candidate in Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies; Italian and Spanish language instructor at the Florida State University; Center for the Advancement of Teaching. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/EWTH7908 Every day, hundreds of thousands of users worldwide publish snapshots of their
Read MoreBy Felix Kronenberg, Associate Professor at Rhodes College and President of IALLT (International Association for Language Learning Technology). DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/JDAM8568 In a multi-year project at Rhodes College, beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of German have created the virtual city of “Pfefferhausen.”
Read MoreBy Todd Bryant, Language Technology Specialist, Dickinson College. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/OOZK9146 The Mixxer website (www.language-exchanges.org) is a social networking site designed to help language learners find a language partner. The idea is that each user can provide practice and feedback
Read MoreBy Lisa Frumkes, PhD, Senior Director for Content Development at Rosetta Stone. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ENBW8374 You may think you know what Rosetta Stone is all about: what products we provide and how we teach. You may be so sure that you
Read MoreAngelika Kraemer, Center for Language Teaching Advancement, East Lansing, MI. Luca Giupponi, Center for Language Teaching Advancement, East Lansing, MI. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YBKW1108 One of the perennial problems plaguing language departments in higher education has to do with student recruitment, enrollment, and
Read MoreJoan Palmiter Bajorek, Doctoral Student at the University of Arizona, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Program. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LLVU8732 “I want to be fluent.” “I want to practice speaking.” “How do you say that?” “My pronunciation is terrible.” My students
Read MoreBy Shannon Spasova, Assistant Professor of Russian and Technology Specialist in the Center for Language Teaching Advancement, Michigan State University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YDWC2358 One of the complaints that people tend to have about elementary language textbooks is their separation from real life.
Read MoreBy Dr. Dan Nickolai, Director of the Language Resource Center, Assistant Professor of French, Saint Louis University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/NJEA1426 Introduction & Background VoiceThread is well-known to tech-savvy educators as being a reliable and intuitive platform for creating multimedia-rich learning activities. Its core functionality
Read MoreBy Leigh Sapp, Spanish teacher at Prospect High School, IL. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/HFAO4820 In the Fall of 2015, Christie Sylvester, Head Librarian at Prospect High School (IL), approached me about my level of interest in inviting our upper level Spanish language
Read MoreBy Katie Mitchell, Instructor at University of Colorado Boulder’s International English Center. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/OTKS2662 Although not all of our students have the digital literacy to be part of what Angwin (2009) called the “remix generation,” I have certainly witnessed students’ creativity
Read MoreBy Cathrine-Mette (Trine) Mork, Assistant Professor, Miyazaki International College, Japan. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/VYEX6492 Like extensive reading, extensive writing in foreign language learning steers student focus toward fluency and a higher quantity of text. This is opposed to intensive reading or writing,
Read MoreBy Trent Hoy, Adjunct Professor of French at Broward College, FL. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ZJAY5985 “What’s that?” I asked, gesturing at the half-packed box sitting on my parents’ kitchen table. I was visiting for Christmas and any present-shaped object immediately piqued my curiosity
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