French: Tunisia Video & Worksheet (Advanced)

Hi everyone, Aurore here! Here is a 3-part video on Tunisia which introduces to the variety of Tunisian and Muslim culture. Your students w

German: Bicycle Film Festival in Munich

Hello all, Chris here. Today we have some exciting München-related news for fellow German teachers. The Bicycle Film Festival is coming to

German Video: Gespräche 5

Hello all, Chris here. Today we're happy to present the next video in our Gespräche series! This video features Anna and Marek talking abou

German: Funny Commercial!

Hello all, Chris here. Today I have a really funny commercial to share. This works well if played at the beginning of class (especially an

German: Harald Schmidt - Öko Laptop

Hello all, Chris here. Today I have a funny segment from the Harald Schmidt show to share. This one is about a Öko Laptop! You could use th

News: Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Enjoy the holiday!Look for several posts this weekend as we wrap up November!

Spanish: El Día de Acción de Gracias

Hello everyone, Claudia here,Do you need help explaining the Thanksgiving celebration in Spanish? These are links to some useful sites that

News: New Team Member!

Hello all, Chris here. The Language Teacher's Toolbox is always expanding! We are happy to announce the addition of a new team member! Plea

German: Relative Pronouns Activity

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share an activity I recently created to practice relative pronouns with my students. As usual,

French: Le Toi du Moi - Video

Hi all, Claudia here,Today I would like to share with you a song that my French teacher used in our class. I not only love the song but it

Spanish: Refranes 3

Hi evrybody, Claudia here,These are some more Spanish sayings for you to add to your collection. Don't forget to check back on my post on

Japanese: The Tooth Fairy Project

Hi all, Claudia here,I recently read about a very interesting site for Japanese teachers and I would like to share the information with you

German Video: Grammar Explanation - Conjugating Sein

Hello all, Chris here! Today we're proud to present the first video in our Grammar Explanation series! Our first video features the conjuga

News: New Team Member for French

Hello all, Chris here. Today we're happy to add another team member, this time for French! Please welcome Jessica to the team. You can chec

News: 1 Year Anniversary!

Hello all, Chris here. The Language Teacher's Toolbox is celebrating one year of providing fellow language teachers with quality activities

French: Imparfait & Passé Composé Activity

Hello, Jessica here! I have found this activity to be particularly useful and fun in my French classes when teaching the difference betwee

Useful Websites: Good Websites for Lesson Plans

Hello all, Julie here! Today I would like to share a good website for those who are looking for simplified grammar explanations or are new

Sociolinguistics: African-American English

Hello everyone, Elizabeth here. There are tons of topics you could cover in a sociolinguistics unit, but I find that African-American Engl

NEH Summer Seminar for School Teachers MADRID SPAIN 19 June-23 July 2011

Hello everyone, Becky here!Dean John Rosenberg of Brigham Young University has received a NEH grant to do a five-week seminar in Madrid on

Global Education Conference

Hello everyone, Becky here!See below for information regarding a free, online global education conference being held during International E

Hello everyone, Becky here!This is a T/F activity about Spanish culture that I like to incorporate either when talking about greetings (101

Quien de la clase reflexive verbs in the preterite

Hey there, Becky here! I have included a "quien de la clase" activity below that I created for 101 students to review the preterite and ref

Japanese: Kurabu Katsudou (club activity)

クラブ活動(kurabu katsudou; an extra-curricular activity) is a popular after school activity mainly in middle and high schools in Japan. There a

German: Reflexive Verbs Hot Potato

Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a fast and fun activity you can use to help your students practice reflexive! As usual,

German Video: Bodo Bach Clips - Prank Calls

Hello all, Chris here. Today I have a fun clip from German comedian Bodo Bach whose routine includes making prank phone calls. Very funny a

German Video: Gespräche 4

Hello all, Chris here. Today we have the fourth video in our Gespräche series! We will be adding a worksheet soon. This video features Anna

Spanish: ¿Quién de la clase...?

Hello all, Becky here!I would like to share an activity to get students up and practicing participles used as adjectives that also reviews

Spanish: El secreto de sus ojos discussion questions

Hello all, Becky here!Below I have included some discussion questions to use in class to get students talking and thinking about the movie

El secreto de sus ojos movie worksheet

Hello all, Becky here! I would like to share a worksheet that I created for students regarding the Oscar winning movie "El secreto de sus o