Spanish: Trabalenguas 3

Hi everyone, Claudia here,These are a few more trabalenguas you can use with your students. Enjoy!Del pelo al codo y del codo al pelo,del c

News: JALT 2010

36th Annual International Conference onLanguage Teaching and Learning& Educational Materials Expo19 – 22 November, 2010,Aichi Industry

Spanish: Refranes 2

Hello all, Claudia here, Here are some more refranes for you, I hope you find these useful! • La curiosidad mató al gato. • En casa de

Spanish: Adivinanzas 3

Hi all, Claudia here,These are more Spanish riddles for you to add to your collection. Don't forget to check back on the activities you can

Japanese: Career Forum in Japanese

Hi all, Junko desu. Today I wanted to share a fun role-play activity about having interviews in Japanese. First, each student writes a nam

News: ACTFL OPI Workshop

Hello all, Chris here with some news regarding this year's ACTFL conference. Registration for the Oral Proficiency Interview Workshop. The

German: Salzburg Links

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share some links for Salzburg which will help anyone preparing a lesson on the city and provid

German: Funny McDonalds Commercial

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a funny German McDonalds commercial I came across which actually includes some useful di

German: Bundestrainer Löw Receives Contract Extension

Hello all, Chris here with some post-World Cup news for German soccer fans. Joachim Löw, Germany's coach during the World Cup, will continu

German Video: Funny

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a funny car-related commercial which is actually about ways to save on car expenses and

Funny Video: German VW Commercial

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a funny VW commercial I found which can be shown during a unit on the various types of t

Funny video- You must not laugh

Hi all, Junko desu.Today I wanted to share a funny Japanese comedy TV program. The several comedians in the show, pretending high school s

Group Activities: Strip Stories Part 1

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to discuss a specific activity type which has several applications and variations in language tea

News: ACTFL Early Bird Registration

Hello all, Chris here. For those attending the ACTFL convention this Fall, this is just a reminder that the Early Bird registration closes

French Documentary: Voyages en Méditerranée. (Advanced)

Hi everybody, Aurore here! Hers is an interesting video about the historical bonds between the countries of the Mediterranean sea. It is in

Spanish: Un espía volador

Hi everyone, Claudia here,This is a fun video to show your students when talking about technology. An advanced research center is working

French Documentary: Les soirées françaises à Londres (Intermediaire-Avances)

Hi everyone, Aurore here! I'd like to share this video with you! It shows how international and cosmopolitan London is, with a special stre

World Cup 2010: Japanese Fans

Hi all, Junko desu. Well, the world cup 2010 is almost over, but team Japan a.k.a blue samurai did a pretty good job! How were the Japanes

Japanese: Cultural Activity - Tanabata

Hi all, Junko desu. July 7th today was 七夕(tanabata) in Japan. Tanabata is a Japanese star festival, related to the Chinese star festival.

Spanish: La Feria de San Fermín

Hello everyone, Claudia here, The opening of the Feria de San Fermín was marked today by setting off the pyrotechnic chupinazo. The festiv

Spanish: Centro de las Artes Indígenas del Parque Takilhsukut

Hi all, Claudia here,Today I would like to share a video describing the different cultural activities in the center for the conservation of

News: ACTFL 2010 Convention Complete Schedule Now Available

Hello all, Chris here. Today I have a bit of news for the 2010 ACTFL convention. The complete convention schedule is now available for view

News: XLV Congreso Internacional de la AEPE

Hi all, Claudia here,I would like to call your attention to the XLV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Europea de Profesores de Españo

Spanish: Catálogo de Voces Hispánicas

Hello everybody, Claudia here, A friend recently shared a pretty cool site with me called El Catálogo de Voces Hispánicas, part of the Cen

News: Congreso Virtual CLED 2010

Hi all, Claudia here,The Congreso Virtual CLED 2010 started today. This is an online conference about free knowledge and education and will

Spanish: El Mate Argentino

Hello everyone, Claudia here,I would like to share a nice video on Argentinian Mate, a very important part of Argentinian culture. I am sur

All Languages: Playing Dice

      Hello all, Becky here. Below I have included an activity that you can adapt to get your students to practice

French Documentary + worksheet. La France vue par une Colombienne. Upper intermediate/advanced learners

Hi everybody, Aurore here! Here is a video expressing the views of a Colombian student living in a French family. It's interesting for the