French irregular verbs giving your Core French or immersion students trouble? You’re not alone! Whether they are spelling them wrong or using the wrong one (je suis quatorze) even the most common verbs give French students trouble. I love teaching French verbs, and I really love making activities for students to practice them! A lot […]
5 Simple and Effective Tips for Target Language
Target language teaching can be really daunting! If you’re a world languages teacher, you probably hear a lot about teaching in the target language. Maybe you wonder how to teach in French or Spanish. Maybe you even really want to teach more in the target language, but you just aren’t sure how. You don’t have […]
3 Simple French writing activities students love!
Do you teach writing in French class? Teaching French writing has always been one of my favorite activities. Not all students love to write, but there are some easy ways to make it a lot more fun! With these super-low-prep activities, you can help your students get the necessary practice to become better French writers […]
3 Fun Activities for the Imparfait in French
What are my favorite resources for teaching the imparfait in French? I LOVE this unit! Teaching the imparfait is one of my favorite grammar topics. It is so fun to learn about students and discover who they were as younger children. At this level, students have enough language proficiency to begin working with more complicated […]
How to succeed in target language teaching
I didn’t start out teaching in the target language. I struggled a LOT with this when I first became a French teacher. How was I supposed to speak in French when they couldn’t understand me? Weren’t they going to give up? Weren’t they going to miss the instructions? I wanted so badly to do a […]