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By Asya Vaisman Schulman, Yiddish Book Center DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/DTHR7673 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
Read MoreBy Sara Saez-Fajardo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/RJAL1296 Gather Town is a video-conferencing platform that allows teachers and students to explore a 2D map with an avatar and recover some of the most missed elements of face-to-face classroom
Read MoreIn this webinar, Julie Evershed and Jeff Magoto discuss the upcoming IALLT conference. Also check out the participant responses to the poll about what they hope to get out of the conference!
Read MoreBy Lauren Taylor, Spanish Teacher, Frisco Independent School District, Frisco, TX DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LLIQ4667 Introduction This year, I find myself in the unique position of teaching both virtual and face-to-face classes and it has forced me to analyze the way that
Read MoreDOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/BCFJ8381 In this video, Jeff interviews Dan Nickolai, Assistant Professor of French and Director of the Language Resource Center at Saint Louis University. They discuss iSpraak – an online activity generator developed by Dan that automates speech evaluation for
Read MoreBy Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/UPCL5971 For those of us who normally teach face-to-face or hybrid, finding ways to replicate games that we normally play in class in the online environment has been one of our challenges.
Read MoreBy Sherry A. Maggin, United States Military Academy DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/SEBY8728 Introduction Microsoft Teams is a cloud-based meeting and collaboration space, originally intended as a workplace tool. With the onset of the pandemic, it quickly became adopted as an additional remote
Read MoreShannon and Jeff interviewed Jonathan and James about their journal/community called “Ludic Language Pedagogy”. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/AXYQ3126 Question: What is Ludic Language Pedagogy? Is it an organization, a community, a journal? TL;DR: LLP is both a journal and a community. The
Read MoreBy Lauren Taylor, Spanish Teacher, Frisco Independent School District, Frisco, TX DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/EZIX3643 Introduction Given the increased pressure that teachers are under to develop interactive virtual tools for language instruction, it is no surprise that digital creation platforms like Genial.ly
Read MoreBy Florencia Henshaw, Ph.D., Director of Advanced Spanish, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/HQRX6462 As someone who gives workshops on technology integration and has a site with over 130 tech tools listed in it, one of the questions I am
Read MoreBy Andres Antonio Daniel Labra, Saint Louis University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/MOME9947 The Podcast Project is a collaborative online resource designed by a team of graduate students and faculty from the Language Resource Center at Saint Louis University. The platform, which uses
Read MoreBy Svetlana Korshunova, Princeton University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YOVT1533 Many heritage students cite “identity” as the principal reason for studying the language; they come to class to explore and assess the deep-rooted cultural, emotional, and aesthetic values of their language against the
Read MoreBy Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/EJXT6038 Many language teachers, especially those of us who teach languages with a different alphabet, have remained dependent on paper and pencil assignments for student homework. And, while there are a lot
Read MoreBy Erin Frazier, Kanda University of International Studies DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CUOP4330 Introduction The digital shift to online teaching has sometimes meant leaving some of our more interactive and engaging activities to the wayside as we adjust to the new format. This
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