News: Texting has a negative impact on language

A recent study by a graduate student in linguistics at the University of Calgary has confirmed what many linguists have feared: that te

News: High-tech approach/ to teaching Chinese

Foreign language teachers in Santa Barbara, California, are working on  building a digital community across five schools to teach M

News: Struggles of keeping Sanskrit a living language

Some would put Sanskrit in the same category as Latin, but students and scholars are using digital tools to prevent that from happening.

News: New "Got Milk?" ads feature Spanish

  New "Got Milk?" ads will also feature Spanish. Read more in the NY Times article linked below: "Got Milk?" in Spanish

Group Activities: Debate format

Chris here again. Today I would like to share a recent activity I used to wrap up units on Salzburg and Vienna. This was for an advance

News: Houston and bilingual education

In a recent editorial, the Houston Chronicle says that more than 50% of students in Houston public schools come from Latino families and

News: Russian will not become Latvia's second language

A recent United Press International article reports that Russian will not become the second official language of the small Baltic nation

German: Funny iPad videos

Chris here again with a couple of funny videos for fellow German teachers to use in class. Enjoy!

German: Schweizerdeutsch Videos

Chris here again. Today I am sharing a few videos I found featuring Swiss German as we are starting a unit on Switzerland. If you have

Pros and Cons of Social Media in Education

Chris here again. Today we have another great infographic from OnlineUniversities.com to share with you. This one provides an excellent ov

Technology: The digital classroom

Chris here again. Today we have great guest content brought to us from OnlineUniversities.com's Dollie Todd. The infographic below provid

10 Big reasons parents shouldn't save for college

(Picture from OnlineUniversities.com . All rights theirs) Chris here again. Today we have a guest post brought to us from OnlineUniv

Spanish: Qué difícil es hablar el español video

Chris here with a funny video for Spanish that I came across. The video is about the difficulties in learning how to speak Spanish. Enj

News: 48 Great ways homeschoolers are using Pinterest

Chris here again. Today we have a guest post from Helene Schmidt over at OnlineCollege.org. Their article describes 48 different ways h

News: Speaking well "for an American"

Huffington Post commentator Morgan Rotondi ponders the state of language education in America versus Europe by analyzing a comment she's

French: Le partage

Johanne here again with another fun video for fellow French teachers. Enjoy! La Ruche qui dit Oui ! from GC on Vimeo.

German: Grünwald - Werbe-Deustch videos

Chris here again with another funny video for German teachers. This is definitely for advanced classes. The video features 'Werbe-Deuts

German: Schönheiten der deutschen Sprache

Chris here again. Today I have a funny video to share with fellow German teachers. The video covers some funny but relevant aspects of

News: Korean Defense Ministry will centralize language teaching

The Korean Defense Ministry will be centralizing its language teaching and will establish a Military Language Institute that will train

News: PA school uses innovative to overcome funding woes

In Pennsylvania, the Bald Eagle Area School District  has devised several innovative ways to deliver Spanish lessons to students fro

News: 2012 FLENJ Spring Conference

Mark your calendars now! The 2012 FLENJ Spring Conference is set for Mar 30- Mar 31, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Somerset, NJ. http:

News, Black Forest celebrates a different kind of Carnival

Chris here again. Today I have a very timely article from Deutsche Welle regarding Carnival to share with fellow German teachers. The a

French: Le Café

Hello all, I came across this fun French video and I thought you might like it. I think it would be a good icebreaker for your French cl

News: Ky. teachers uses music and physical activities to engage students

Teachers in a Kentucky district are implementing unconventional teaching methods pioneered by Ron Clark, Disney's American Teacher of the

News: N.C. church offers math help to Hispanic parents

Elizabeth City, N.C.:  Christ Episcopal Church  has started hosting "Math Night" for Latino parents. The goal is to teach 

News: Multi-ethnic dialects: Here to stay?

New dialects that mix the native language with immigrant tongues have taken hold in parts of Europe. This is largely the result of newco

News: 2012 OFLA Conference

50th Anniversary OFLA Conference The 50th paid, online registrant gets registration fee refunded or credited toward food functions or

French: Patrimoine Francais

Johanne ici with the latest video I found for use in your French classes:  

French: La présidentielle française sauce CNN

Bonjour everyone, Johanne here with the latest video for your French classes. Enjoy!  

German: Salzburg und Wien (Word Search)

Chris here again with another downloadable activity for German. Today I would like to share a word search for Salzburg and Wien I creat

News: 2012 CLAC Conference

http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/clac/index.html

News: Do we really need foreign language skills?

Chris here again with your language learning news. Take a look at this recent article from The Telegraph wherein columnist David Hughes

German: Wiener Opernball

Chris here again with a couple of useful videos for fellow German teachers. We are currently covering a chapter on Vienna (Wien) and on

German: Deutscher Film 2011

Chris here again with an interesting article on German film I found on Tagesschau.de. The article provides a summary of German film in

News: Conn. school expands dual language instruction

New Canaan High School in Connecticut launched a Mandarin program five years ago, and now the district is expanding those offerings to m

News: VFLA Spring Convention

http://www.vfla.org/vfla-presents-its-spring-convention.html

Spiraling Concepts

As a non-college teacher, I forget that spring semester means teaching a class from the beginning again, but by now many of you linguis

French: Raconter une conte (telling a story)

Hello, Jessica here! I Have found this a great activity in my French classroom, useful for teaching the Difference Between the imperfec

French: M6 Capital terre - Consommer sans piller la planète

Bonjour Johanne ici with another video for fellow French teachers! Enjoy!  

News: East Aurora School District: Keep German

East Aurora High School has a 25+++ year long history teaching German to its students. Many graduates have gone on to become fluent and

News: 18 Englightening iPad experiments in education

Chris here again. Today we have a great article to share with you brought to us by Katelyn Cole from OnlineUniversities.com! The articl

French: Arte Stress au Travail (Le Blogueur)

Bonjour, Johanne ici. Here is another fun video I found for fellow French teachers. EnjoY!

Group Activities: Card-based activities

Chris here again. Today I would like to talk about a fun activity I recently created for a unit on relative pronouns and clauses in Germ

News: February is Discover Languages month!

From ACTFL: Discover Languages® is the national campaign developed by the ACTFL to raise awareness about the cognitive, academic, social

News: FLAP funding cuts waste years of work

Last year, Congress eliminated the fifth and final year of funding for the Foreign Language Assistance Program, leaving an effort to dev

News: U.S. & Chinese schools build virtual partnerships

A number of schools in the U.S. are establishing virtual education partnerships with China to help students better compete in the global

News: Should Rosetta Stone be used for teaching?

Should Rosetta Stone by used for teaching? A recent article explores both sides of the argument for using the famous software program to re

News: Guest article on uses of Pinterest

Today we have a great article to share brought to us by Tim Handorf from BestCollegesOnline regarding the popular online tool Pinterest!

ESL SPEAKER SERIES 2012

Validating Language Tests Presenter: Professor April Ginther Date: 2/10/2012 Time: 5:30-6:30 pm Location: RAWL 1071 This presentation will