Teaching native speakers in foreign language class is not easy. They have the oral fluency that your other students lack. Their use of idiomatic expressions is superior. They don’t need vocabulary lists to work with, and they don’t want to learn from a textbook. But … they might not know how to read or write […]
Unit bundles for French
Teaching French is a lot easier when you have a cohesive unit that flows well from start to finish. Foreign language students need grammar practice, but they also need speaking activities, visuals, games, writing practice, cooperative learning, and so much more. When your students are struggling to grasp the grammar, do you have something comprehensive […]
French spring teaching resources
Spring is here! Spring fever hits students so hard every year, so it’s a great idea to have some spring-themed French teaching resources ready to go for when the time is right. To teach spring-themed vocabulary, or just to enrich students’ existing vocab through exposure, word walls are a great tool to have on hand. […]
Save yourself from grading stress
Spending too much time grading? With constant meetings, conferences, growth charts, progress reports, collaborative planning, curriculum writing, and everything else on their plates, it’s amazing that teachers find any time to grade. Before moving to a lower grade, I taught high school for 8 years, and that often meant 150+ students, 5 classes to prep, […]
5 ways to increase enrollment in your foreign language class
Enrollment time will be coming up soon, and when I taught high school French, that was always a really stressful time for me. Not having enough students enrolled sometimes meant teaching a class I really didn’t want to teach so I’d have a full schedule. Sometimes it meant that my class became a dumping ground […]
