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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by Shannon Donnally Spasova, Assistant Professor of Russian, Michigan State University Liudmila Klimanova, Assistant Professor of SLA and Technology, University of Arizona Some advocates of online and hybrid courses believe that online courses can save time and money,
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Paul Sebastian Assistant Professor, Spanish and TESL/Applied Linguistics Appalachian State University Carmen Fernández Juncal Associate Professor Universidad de Salamanca Benjamin Souza Associate Professor, Spanish Linguistics Appalachian State University Maddalena Ghezzi Research Scholar Universidad de Salamanca Roberto Rubio Sánchez Research
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