Japanese: McDonalds in Japan

HI all Junko desu. You think Japanese people eat sushi, rice and miso soup every day? Surprise, surprise, we do eat other stuff too! We ha

Japanese: Manga Activity

Hi all, Junko desu. Today I wanted to share a fun activity for creating manga dialogues ４コマ漫画(4 colums comic) has been popular in J

German: Berlin Links

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share some links for Berlin as part of our ongoing series of posts providing informational lin

Reading in a Foreign Language

Hi all, Claudia here, A close friend and colleague of mine told me about this great activity to start a reading or literature course in a

Babbleship

I came up with this game to give my linguistics students a way to practise pronouncing phonetic symbols without context clues. It seems as

Abbreviation Quiz

This "pop quiz" is an idea that you could use for an introductory lecture about some basic beliefs held by linguists or for introducing a u

Sociolinguistics Projects

Sociolinguistics projects are a nice way to get students interacting with people and observing language outside of the classroom. Here are

Language Show-and-Tell

One of the seemingly most obvious things that I overlooked about getting my introductory linguistics students interested in the subject mat

Language Pedagogy Micro-Teaching

If you teach a linguistics or second language acquisition/foreign language pedagogy course in which most or all of the students have foreig

Linguistics Journals

I highly suggest incorporating a journal assignment into your course requirements. Your students will appreciate it because it can give the

Planning a Linguistics Syllabus

Hi there! My name is Elizabeth, and I'm your new resident, veteran teacher of introductory linguistics. Though I'm not currently teaching l

Kanji website

Hi all, Junko desu.Today I wanted to share a useful website for teaching/learning kanji (one of the Japanese characters), called "Kanji ali

Spanish: A jugar "stop"!

Hi everybody, Claudia here, I would like to share a really fun game your students will definitely enjoy! The game has different names thro

Language Testing: Useful Websites

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share some more online resources, this time for Language Testing. Much of the information on t

All Languages: Clipart Links

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share several links for Clipart that I have used for teaching. There are literally thousands o

News: New Team Member!

Hello all, Chris here with some more exciting news! We are now able to expand our Japanese content with the arrival of our newest team memb

Linguistics: Statistical Tests - T-test (for two independent samples)

Hello all, Chris here. There are a great variety of statistical tests used in linguistics and SLA studies and knowing the difference betwee

News: Expansion and another new team member!

Hello all, Chris here with some exciting news! We will be expanding the Language Teacher's Toolbox to include linguistics! There is of cour

Spanish: ¿Qué hora es? - Soap Opera

Hi all, Claudia here,We all know that soap operas are a big part of Latin American culture. The following two videos are parts one and two

Spanish: Description Activity

Hi everyone, Claudia here,I like this video because you can adapt it for different activities in any languge. I have used it mainly to have

News: New Team Member

Hello all, Chris here. Today I'd like to welcome Ager to the team! Ager will be providing Spanish content for us and you can already check

German: Rent a Pocher bei Edeka

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a funny video clip from the comedy show Rent a Pocher. Comedian Oliver Pocher goes aroun

German: "Wetten, dass" Zungenbrecher Video

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a funny video I found from the German show "Wetten, dass" which features a contestant go

German: Zungenbrecher Site

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a good site I found which contains several tongue twisters or Zungenbrecher in German! T

Update: Reflexive Activity Complete

Hello all, Chris here. The article on reflexive verbs is now complete! Check here for the article!

Spanish: First day of class activity

Hello everyone, Claudia here,Ever wonder what to do on your first day of class? This is one activity I really like to do with my students.

Spanish: El Tango - Video

Hi all, Claudia here,I would like to share a nice video on tango. This dance was born in Argentina and is very characteristic of the countr

German: Reflexive Verbs Activity - Daily Routine

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a progression of activities to help students practice reflexive verbs, particularly thos

German Culture: Tipping in Germany

Hi all! I've been asked a number of times about the customs regarding tipping in Germany. While the "round-up" of a bill at a bar or resta

German: Useful Site - Verein Deutsche Sprache

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a link to a site which features an extensive list of Anglicisms that have found their wa

German: Vienna Videos

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a couple of interesting videos I came across which provide a nice tour of Vienna, allowi

German: Vienna Links

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share some useful links for those teaching a lesson or unit on Vienna (Wien) as part of our on

News: Summer Update

Hello all, Chris here. Summer vacation is slowly coming to a close and as the new school year approaches we are looking forward to bringing