I decided to begin this blog as a means of exploring my own values as a world language teacher. My objective is to create a meeting point for all world language teachers to seek ideas and inspiration. Although my experience is as a teacher of French, it is always possible to modify my ideas to suit your curricular goals. I invite readers to share their own best practices, so that all of us can deepen student engagement and success. I am going to share my own best practices related to:
- Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
- How to meet The Standards for Foreign Language Teaching in the 21st Century/the Five C's: Communication, Culture, Comparisons, Communities and Connections
- How to support students and teachers by incorporating the Common Core Curriculum Standards in a fun and engaging ways
- How to differentiate instruction in a world language classroom
- How to appeal to different learning styles and preferences
- How to use technology to enable students to practice the target language and discover the culture for themselves
- How to add value: make your subject feel relevant and important to students and colleagues in an era of severe program and staffing cuts
Furthermore, I hope that aspiring world language teachers will find this blog to be a source of ideas and support. The more we share our best ideas, the more engaged our students will be. If you share my goal of multilingualism an American value, please join me in reflecting and sharing what we all do best!
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