10 Great Free Google Forms Every Teacher Should Be Using

Google Forms is a great free service by Google and that has a huge potential in education. Google Forms is very easy to use and do

10 Great Flashcard Making Tools for Educators

Flashcards are awesome learning tools. They elicit students' engagement and spark their motivation. They also help teachers teach about

News: A Start-Up Bets on Human Translators Over Machines

Language does not come naturally to machines. Unlike humans, computers cannot easily distinguish between, say, a river bank and a sav

Las cinco cosas que no deberían faltar en una historia del mundo

Resumir todo lo que la ha pasado en estos miles de años no es tarea sencilla: ¿qué incluir y qué omitir sin quedarnos con la sensació

Spanish: Call Me Maybe Cover (Spanish)

Chris here again. Today I would like to share a funny Spanish video I came across. This is a cover (in Spanish) of Call Me Maybe. Enjo

News: More resources via Flickr

Chris here again. In an effort to expand the resources available to fellow language teachers we have created a Flickr page in order to

ESL Speaker Series: Paul Kei Matsuda (Oct 4, 2-3pm)

German: Stundenplan (download)

Chris here again. Today I have a handout to share with fellow German teachers. We recently covered days of the week and times in our int

Jobs: German Tutor Needed - Villanova, PA‏

Cartus is a global leader in one-on-one, corporate language instruction. We provide language training to business professionals and th

Jobs: German Teachers Needed - German Lang School, Winfield, NJ‏

The German Language School Inc., located in Winfield, NJ, is a non-profit German language school with a 75 year history of teaching tho

Jobs: Permanent Part-time German Teacher, Grades 7-8, Brodheadsville, PA

PERMANENT PART-TIME GERMAN TEACHER FOR GRADES 7 AND 8 Pleasant Valley Middle School in Brodheadsville, PA, is in immediate need of a

Update: Useful sites master list updated

Chris here again with a quick update. We are updating our comprehensive list of useful language teaching websites. Some of the links al

5 Ways the 21st Century Makes Learning Spanish Easier

Chris here again. Today we have a guest article from Kristen Joy Williams. Kristen is the author of Spanish Is Your Amigo, a

6 excelentes aplicaciones móviles gratuitas para profesores

Hola! Esta es una muy buena lista de aplicaciones para profesores que pueden usar con el telefono celular. Vale la pena echar un v

News: Google’s Project Glass Could Make Learning Another Language Unnecessary

Will Powell, the Oxford developer who created his own pair of Google Glasses, is at it again. This time he has implemented real-time tr

Introdución a moodle para profesores muy ocupados

Hola! Aqui les dejo una introducción facil de entender para usar Moodle, que es una herramienta que esta de moda en el aula de lenguas.

EFL/ESL: Monster Description Activity

This is an activity that was done during the teaching of body parts and expanding descriptive vocabulary. For this activity, the tea

EFL: Speed Dating (Video)

Chris here again. Today we have a few more EFL videos to share. Below are two brief videos showing our teachers during a Speed Dating a

Jobs: Admin. coordinator needed for NY German immersion preschool‏

‏New York based German Immersion Preschool seeks an Administrative Coordinator with a Teaching Background KinderHaus Brooklyn is look

Jobs: Preschool teacher: New York based German Immersion Preschool‏

New York based German Immersion Preschool seeks a Preschool TeacherKinderHaus Brooklyn is looking for a native German speaking kinderga

Spanish: Phonetics site

Hi colleges! Just a reminder in case you have not taken advantage of this resource yet. This is an excellent online resource from the Un

Spanish: Los cognados

Este recurso online ofrece estrategias para usar los cognados (palabras que tienen igual significado en los dos idiomas) en la clase d

News: A teacher's guide to social media

Chris here again. Today we have an infographic brought to us via onlinecolleges.net. The graphic features a thorough guide to social medi

German: Familie & Studienfächer Word Search (download)

Chris here again. Today I have a word search to share with fellow German teachers. This word search covers family and school subjects v

Jobs: Cartus seeking German tutor, Wash., D.C.

Cartus is searching for an experienced German tutor to give private lessons to a customer in the Washington DC area. The student is b

EFL: Memory Chain activity videos

Chris here again. Today we have a couple more EFL videos to share with you. These two videos feature our students doing a memory chain

News: Panel addresses ELL issues on common core assessment

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium,one of two groups charged with building Common Core State Standards assessments, has assemble

News: Joys and challenges of Japanese

Chris here again. Today we have a fun article to share which features some good points all teachers can use. The article talks about th

News: Fla. academy uses different approach to teach languages

The Ocala Language Academy in Marion County, Fla., does not take the traditional classroom method to get children and adults to speak a

News: Mass. school expands language offerings with Mandarin

Eighth graders in Needham Public Schools in Massachusetts have access to a new language course this fall as district leaders are openin

Quick Fix - Essential phrases in 40 languages

Hello all, I found this cool section of the BBC Languages site with useful downloadable phrases in different languages. Learn and tak

5 Ways to Use Google Sites in Schools

Did you know that the five ways that Google Sites are most commonly being used in schools are: As a wiki  As a digital po

Día de la Independencia de México (Independence Day in Mexico)

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A Sample Dictogloss Lesson

I posted about the idea of using a Draw and Tell to differentiate a dictogloss the other day using a draw and tell story to review transiti

Jobs: German Teacher Needed – Cambridge, MA

German Teacher Needed – Cambridge, MA Cartus is are a global leader in one-on-one, corporate language instruction. We provide languag

ESL Speaker Series 2012

Speak Everywhere: A Technology-Based Solution for Out-of-Class Oral Practice 

News: Is college getting easier? (infographic)

Chris here again. Today we have an infographic brought to use by onlinecolleges.net. The graphic explores the idea that recently students

News: What can be done with bad teachers? (Infographic)

Chris here again. Today we have an infographic brought to us from thebestcolleges.org focusing on what to do about bad teachers. The gr

French & Spanish: How to teach a toddler

Chris here again. Today we have a guest article to share with you. This article focuses on how to teach a toddler French. Several good