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107: Write and Discuss and Parallel Texts

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This is episode 6 in my 2023 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 28th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monday.  For today we take a look back at episodes 79 where Ben Fisher-Rodriguez shows how to do a Write and Discuss and episode 90 where Kaitlin Leppert talks us through parallel texts. These two activities work really well together.  Let’s jump in.

  • Ben Fisher (79): the benefits of using Write and Discuss
  • Logistics of doing a Write and Discuss
    • – when you us it
    • – how you do it
    • – the procedure
    • – what you can do after
  • Ben’s pro tips
  • Kaitlin Leppert (90): engaging students in a parallel text
    • – creating an original text
    • – whole Class parallel texts
    • – individual/small group parallel texts
    • specific examples
  • Combining Write and Discuss with a Parallel Text.

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106: Interpersonal Activities and Student Engagement

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This is episode 5 in my 2023 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 28th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monday.  For today we take a look back at episodes 78 where Meredith White shares lots of interpersonal activities and episode 82 where Wendy Mercado and Valérie Greer give us a wealth of engaging language activities.  Let’s jump in.

  • Meredith White (76): how prescribed (curriculum) grammar and vocabulary come into play with communicative activities
  • effective interpersonal (and communicative) activities that we can use in our classrooms
  • Wendy Mercado & Valérie Greer (82): how “games” or “activities” address skill development and standards
  • lots of ideas for engaging activities and games
    • High Tech
    • Some Tech
    • Low Tech
    • No Tech

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105: Revisit Culture and Representation

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This is episode 4 in my 2023 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 28th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monday.  For today we take a look back at episodes 78 where Allison Perryman talks about seeing, hearing and tasting culture and episode 88 where Kia D. London discusses representation in the language classroom.  Let’s jump in.

  • Allison Perryman (78): formats for presenting and engaging students in diverse cultural experiences
  • Allison’s approach of seeing, tasting and hearing diverse cultures with students
  • Kia D. London (88):  examples of centering representation and diverse racial and ethnic content from Kia’s classroom and curriculum
  • how to do this consistently while also engaging students authentically

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104: Revisit Teacher Toolbox Episodes

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This is episode 3 in my 2023 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 28th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monday.  For today we take a look back at episodes 69 and 85, 2 of my Teacher Toolbox episodes with activity that you can use right away in your classroom. 

Activities Mentioned: 

  • Quiz-Quiz-Trade
  • At the Table
  • Shipwreck
  • The Card Path
  • The Die Decides
  • Logic Puzzles
  • Learn/Practice/Apply
  • Time Capsules
  • ChatGPT 

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103: Revisit Department Goals and Language Associations

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This is episode 2 in my 2023 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 28th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monday.  For today we take a look back at episodes 60 where Tin Eagan talks about leading a proficiency-based language department and episode 74 where Mike Mitchel and Jenny Delfini discuss state language associations.

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102: Revisit Common Ground

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This is episode 1 in my 2023 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 28th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monday.  For today we take a look back at the  episodes about the book Common Ground.

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101: What the Podcast Will Look Like Over the Summer

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Now that the school year is over hopefully you have a little less on your mind and have a little extra time. This is the perfect time to get into your summer headspace.  What do I mean by “Summer Headspace?”

  • time to reflect without other pressing priorities and issues
  • opportunity to revisit themes and episodes with a fresh lens
  • catch something new.
  • finish an episode that you started
  • listen to an episode for the first time

I’ll group episodes by theme so that you can listen to them together with a 5 minute recap to pull the themes together. The links to episodes will be in the show notes.

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100: Look Back at 100 Episodes & 60+ Guests

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Guess what? This is episode 100 of the world language classroom podcast. I was watching data to see if we would get to 100 episodes first or 100,000 downloads. I’m happy to report that we crossed the 100,000 download mark well before this 100th episode.  So, thank you so much for your continued support of the podcast and the many guests who have joined me over the past 2 years.  In this episode I want to look back at some key takeaways from the collective wisdom of guests and share some listener highlights as well.  Can’t wait, so Let’s jump in!

Episodes Mentioned in this Episode:

  • Florencia Henshaw and Maris Hawkins (65,66)
  • Ben Fisher on Write and Discuss (79)
  • Kaitlin Leppert on Parallel Texts (90)
  • Cécile Lainé on Social Justice Standards (33)
  • Ben Tinsley on Diversity and Equitable Feedback (27, 58)
  • Joseph Parody Brown  LGBTQ+ Inclusive Classrooms (42)
  • Vicky Wang on Courageous Dialogues and Affinity Spaces (28)
  • Allison Perryman on Seeing, Hearing and Tasting Culture (78)
  • Kia D. London on Representation (88) 
  • A.C. Quintero on Equity in the Language Classroom (10)
  • Lisa Sherpard on Critical Thinking Skills (92)
  • Margarita Pérez García on Story-Listening (91)
  • Teacher Toolbox (25, 54, 69, 85)

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99: Planning Communicative Activities Efficiently with Hope Anderson

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Do you find it time-consuming to create effective communicative activities? We can all feel that way at times.  In this episode, we are talking about how to do this more efficiently.  Hope Anderson, a Spanish instructor in Arizona, joins me to offer suggestions for going about our communicative practices a little more efficiently, while also being quite effective. Something for all of us to learn.

Topics in this Episode:

  • breaking down exactly what we mean by communicative teaching
  • how to determine if an activity is truly and authentically communicative
  • the value and benefits of authentic communication in the language classroom.
  • ways to engage students in communicative tasks without taking a ton of time
  • using templates when creating tasks

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98: From a Short Text to a Full Lesson with Sarah Barrientos Svatos

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How do you find a text, or any kind of reading that you use with your students?  Does it have to be a long piece of text to make sure that students really get something out of it or that you can use as a way for students to engage with the language? Today, Sarah Barrientos Svatos, a Spanish teacher in Spain, joins me to discuss how we can take a short text and turn it into a full lesson that touches on all of the communication modes. She has lots of tips to share so that you can get started right away.

Topics in this Episode:

  • what we mean by a “short text”
  • the benefits of using a short text
  • are short texts only effective at novice level or also effective at higher proficiency levels?
  • how to set students up for success by preparing them to engage with the text (pre-reading activities)
  • how to support students while they engage with the text (during-reading activities)
  • how to check for understanding of the text and set students up to produce output  (post-reading activities)
  • Download Sarah’s Paella Activity

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