By Marlene Johnshoy, University of Minnesota, and Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University One of the most important decisions you will make when planning an online language course is whether the course will be synchronous, asynchronous, or
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By Joe Terantino, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Foreign Language Education Stella V. Andersen Endowed Professor in Secondary Education Oklahoma State University Introduction Due to the COVID-19 pandemic currently besieging the United States and other countries, many public and private K-12
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By Olivia Grugan, Virtual Learning Specialist and Spanish/German/Arabic instructor World of Learning Institute Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 Picture 1 – Spanish students voluntarily attending daily “Coffee Breaks” on Zoom As teachers and districts adapt to this “new normal” of remote
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The FLTMAG asked our readers to tell us about some of the best advice they had heard or given to others about remote/online teaching in this time of COVID-19. We got great advice about a mixture of topics. Thank you
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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
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We invite you to try out a new format and engage with our “asynchronous webinar”. This webinar, created by Shannon Donnally Spasova, introduces you to using Flipgrid either for class discussions or for speaking assessments. [Update: After a change
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Nathalie Ettzevoglou, French teacher (high school), Erin Sunday, Spanish teacher (middle and high school), Michael Vo, French literacy, math, science (dual immersion and general education)
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Angelika Kraemer (Cornell University), Georges Detiveaux (University of Houston-Downtown) and Trish Nolde (Georgia State University) answer your burning questions about remote teaching.
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By Lauren Rosen, Director of the Collaborative Language Program at the University of Wisconsin Now is not the time to forget to breathe. Let’s all put on our oxygen masks first before helping others. Our students are as stressed
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By Adam Gacs, Instructor & Technology Specialist, Michigan State University The name Audiolingua might immediately bring to many language teachers’ mind the once-popular but today largely shunned teaching method of the late 50s and 60s called Audiolingualism
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Presenters: Trish Nolde, Marlene Johnshoy, Georges Detiveaux Both higher education and K-12 institutions are being asked to formulate contingency plans in the event of a widespread COVID-19 outbreak. A major emphasis is being placed on the conversion of face-to-face classes
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Presenter: Nicole Mills, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures In this webinar, Nicole Mills describes a Paris Narrative Virtual reality (VR) project in which four Parisians from different backgrounds recorded their personal, social, and professional lives with a VR
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Jonathan Perkins (University of Kansas) Marlene Johnshoy (University of Minnesota) Dan Soneson (University of Minnesota) Shannon Donnally Spasova (Michigan State University) In March of last year we reported on a new conference model that the Midwest Association for Language
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Andie Faber, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Kansas State University Maria Turrero-Garcia, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Drew University Introduction Online translators (OT) such as Google Translate are constantly increasing in their accessibility and accuracy, two very enticing qualities for language learners
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