World Languages

Activities that make the last day of class fun and meaningful benefit world language students and their teachers.

It’s a myth that learning a new language interferes with a child’s development.

In an excerpt from his book with fellow teacher Katie Hull Sypnieski, blogger Larry Ferlazzo looks at a few basic ways to reach students who are learning English as well as the subject at hand.

Activities that combine relationship building with formative assessment of students’ knowledge of the target language are great places to start.

More than 30 exercises to keep your students engaged and learning.

Neuroscience can suggest ways to keep students working toward their learning goals after their initial excitement wears off.

See how to adapt popular apps to get students speaking, listening, reading, and writing in the target language.

To give his students repeated exposure to relevant vocabulary terms, the author relies on a tried-and-true tool: index cards.

Play is a popular student engagement strategy, and traditional games boost world language learning via an authentic cultural experience.

With some students in the room and some at home, how can teachers continue to focus on building speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in the target language?

Language classes often don't focus on the aspect of learning a language that intrigues students most -- speaking it. We should get students talking more.

Twenty ideas for getting engaging projects going in your classroom.

Students with academic challenges benefit from these simple strategies as they develop confidence using the target language.

Teachers can create lessons that engage students as active learners to improve their understanding of how languages work.