Boosting Language Proficiency With Choice Boards

🎓 As a World Language Teacher, vocabulary acquisition is a critical aspect of your students' language learning. One way to make vocabulary practice more engaging and effective is by using vocabulary choice boards. Here are five tips to help you make the most out of using vocabulary choice boards in your class:

1️⃣ Be intentional with the vocabulary choices on the choice board. Choose words that are relevant to your students' proficiency level and that they will find useful in their daily lives.

2️⃣ Encourage students to select words that they find challenging or particularly interesting. This will help them to take ownership of their learning and stay engaged in the activity.

3️⃣ Use a variety of activities on the choice board to appeal to different learning styles. For example, include activities that involve writing, speaking, listening, and drawing.

Check out this no-prep Digital Vocabulary Choice Board.

4️⃣ Allow students to work at their own pace and choose their own level of difficulty. This will help to build their confidence and promote a growth mindset.

5️⃣ Provide feedback and support to students as they work through the activities. This will help them to develop their language skills and feel supported in their learning journey.

By following these tips, you can make vocabulary choice boards a valuable tool in your World Language classroom. Good luck! 🍀

Want to learn more about how to use Digital Vocabulary Choice Boards?

Watch the video below.

Engage Your Language Students With Authentic Music

Have you heard of the Locura de marzo? If you are a Spanish teacher this is an AMAZING way to get your students excited and engaged. 

So what exactly is the Locura de marzo?

It is a SUPER FUN music tournament that takes place each year in March (March Madness). It is organized and hosted by Ben Ashby of senorashby.com

The tournament works like this, each day two songs face off against each other. Students from all over the world listen and vote for their favorite song. The winning song moves on to the next round and the losing song gets eliminated. I have my students participate in the Locura de marzo each year and they LOVE it! 😍

Last year Sr. Ashby came Live on The Tech for World Language Teachers Community to explain all the details about this AWESOME music competition.

You can watch and get all the details below.

Want to connect with other Spanish teachers who are participating in the Locura de marzo? Be sure to check out Señor Ashby's Locura De Marzo Facebook group. There are tons of ideas and resources you can use with your Spanish language students. 

Not a Spanish teacher? No worries, you can still get ideas about how to get your students engaged and excited with authentic music. If you are a French teacher there is also a Facebook group called Musique Mercredi and a website where you can get all the details about the French music tournament, you find out more here.

Are you a member of the Tech for World Language Teachers Facebook group? We have over 15,000 language teachers just like you. We share tips, ideas, and resources.

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Authentic Resources for Language Class

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As I talk each day with teachers inside of the Tech for World Language Teachers Facebook group, I often hear about their struggle to find authentic materials and resources to use in the World Language classrooms. When I mention Miscosistas.com I am often surprised how few have heard of this website. 

MisCositas.com has lots of Thematic cultural units, lessons and activities for your World Language classroom. Languages supported are English, Spanish, French, and Chinese.

Below is a video walkthrough I made to show you some of the resources available on the site and how easy it is to use.

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Verb Conjugation website for your world Language classroom

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Do your students need some help conjugating verbs?

Check out this cool verb conjugation website available for multiple languages. http://www.verbix.com/

You can have your students practice as a bellringer, use for early finishers, or as an enrichment activity.

Below is a video walkthrough to show you how easy it is to use.

Did you find this useful? Head on over to our Free Facebook group and join the conversation. Group: Tech for World Language Teachers

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Music Database for World Language Classes

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A while back I shared an AWESOME online music database inside the Tech for World Language Teachers Facebook group. The database is a live spreadsheet document created by Sharon Birch from El Mundo de Birch. The database has songs divided by subject, tense, theme and country of origin. It is a wonderful resource for Spanish teachers.

Since the Tech for World Language Teacher community has a variety of language teachers. I suggested we start a music database spreadsheet to include all of the languages in our community. One of our awesome members Joe McCright started the new Music for World Language Classes spreadsheet and it is now an awesome Live growing document for all World Language teachers.


You can view and add songs to the music database here>>

There is also a Música miércoles Google Drive folder created by Susie Kersemeier-Gronwick she shared it inside the Tech for World Language Teachers Facebook group. She has given me permission to share it with everyone. The activities are a great way to integrate culture and CI.

You can access the Música miércole activities here>>


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