#197

Have you heard of a Write and Discuss or have you tried it in your classroom? If you've done it, you know how useful and beneficial it is for students and yourself as the teacher. If this is new to you, in this episode you’ll hear about an incredibly useful collaborative writing activity that you can do with your students right away. No preparation needed. If this is not new to you, stick around. You’ll also hear some tips and new ways that will help to make your Write and Discuss even more effective in your classroom

Topics in this Episode:

• Write and Discuss is a guided writing activity after a shared class experience (like a story, picture talk, reading, or discussion).
• The teacher writes a summary or retelling of the event on the board or screen with student input.
• Why the Write and Discuss is so useful.
• How to do a Write and Discuss with specific steps.
• Examples of a Write and Discuss at novice and intermediate proficiency levels.
• Follow-up activities once you have the co-created text.
• Using the Write and Discuss text to teach grammar using the PACE model.
• Tips and what to avoid when doing a Write and Discuss.
• Blog post on Write and Discuss

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#196

What if your students could step inside the Louvre Museum, explore Frida Kahlo’s studio, or walk through the streets of ancient cities, all without leaving your classroom? In this episode, we explore the Google Arts & Culture app with French teacher and tech integration specialist Heidi Trude. From boosting cultural understanding to sparking meaningful conversations, Heidi shares creative ways to use this free tool to make language and culture come alive in your classroom.

Topics in this Episode:

• how Heidi first discover the Google Arts & Culture app, and what made her decide it was a good fit for your classroom
• Heidi's favorite features of the app, and how she incorporate them into her lessons
• using Google Arts & Culture to enhance your students' understanding of art, history, and culture
• projects or activities using the app that have a particularly powerful impact
• how tools like Google Arts & Culture are shaping the future of how we teach cultural understanding and global awareness in the classroom
• Heidi's Resource: Making Art Come Alive with the Google Arts and Culture App

Connect with Heidi Trude

• Website: Tech with Trude
• Facebook: Heidi.Trude
• Instagram: @hlt2007
• X/Twitter: @htrude07

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#195

There are lots of misconceptions about teaching grammar. There are also opinions about whether or not there is a place for teaching grammar in a proficiency-based classroom. In this episode, Catherine Ritz and Mike Travers, authors of Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching GRAMMAR for Proficiency, join me to talk about the place of grammar in a proficiency-based classroom. And yes, there is a place for it.

Topics in this Episode:

• Misconceptions around teaching grammar and how Catherine and Mike's book, Teaching GRAMMAR for Proficiency, addresses them?
• What it looks like to teach grammar in a way that truly supports communication and proficiency, rather than just memorization and drills
• In a proficiency-based vertical curriculum, how (or should) we incorporate grammar Should specific grammar structures be explicitly planned for, or should they emerge more organically based on themes and student needs?
• Examples of an activities and strategies that effectively integrates grammar while keeping communication at the center of learning
• First steps to take when shifting toward a proficiency-based approach
• Get your copy of Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching GRAMMAR for Proficiency. Use the code ACTFL15OFF to get 15% off the cost of the book.

Connect with Catherine Ritz and Mike Travers:

• Mike's Website: Diaries Of A Mad World Language Teacher
• Catherine's Webiste: RitzWorldLang

Connect with Joshua and the World Language Classroom Community:

• wlclassrom.com
• X (aka Twitter): @wlclassroom
• Threads: @wlclassroom
• Instagram: @wlclassroom
• Facebook: /wlclassroom
• WLClassroom Facebook Group

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