Step into Mondays!

In this episode, listeners have a special treat as we invited Dawn Samples as our guest to discuss proficiency vs. fluency. She leaves both Krista and Sandrine speechless - a never before happened wonder! 

If you have any questions, reach out via email or Twitter. And don't forget to check out the website.

In this episode, Sandrine and Krista create a writing activity which bridges to a lesson on teaching students how to use a translating dictionary.

Special shout-out to Mrs Gilepsi who provided the first step of the writing activity.

Also shout-out to Mme Shephard, and Carmen Scoggins.

Do you have a writing activity that works particularly well? Share with us either on Twitter (@IntoMondays) or email us ([email protected]).

We are protesting victims of hate crime. We are protesting police violence against innocents. We stand with the black community.

While most entertainment based podcast went to a blackout format, this podcast is about pedagogy. This podcast is about changing the classroom narrative, not just for students to learn a new language, but also for students to find a voice. This podcast is also about educating educators so that we become part of the solution, not part of the problem.

In this spirit, during this episode, we discuss the inclusion of culture (or is it Culture?) in the language classroom, and how it relates to social justice in the classroom. We also share sources for educators to discover and further educate themselves.

Feel free to reach out and share some of your go to resources so that we can pass them on to our audience. 

[email protected] or @IntoMondays (Twitter).

https://nationalseedproject.org/Key-SEED-Texts/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1944-9720.social-justice-and-race-issues

https://www.nbpts.org/core-connections/

https://www.matermonstrorum.com/social-justice/some-thoughts-some-history-some-steps

https://insidethekandidish.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/dear-white-people-this-is-what-we-want-you-to-do/?fbclid=IwAR0vDiQ8rBcvjOG6bG8fjtH3YaWTKI-7opZD-iO4Rp60l_LPAx5anFKmk1s

Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice (Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education Book 32)

Is that thunder in the background? And did Sandrine just completely tune Krista out? These are some of the moments that inserted themselves in an otherwise intense discovery of tech tools for the classroom. All of these tools are geared toward student learning, and evaluated according to our own experience (or lack of) with them. However if any of these companies want to sponsor our show, don't wait another minute before contacting us.

We want to give you a forewarning that the storm corrupted part of the recording, creating an overlap of voices in places - just a few times - but it's worth to give you the heads-up.

Show notes: Link for the Alabama World Language Association (AWLA)... https://theawla.wildapricot.org/

and a big Shoutout to Joe Dale and Señor Wooly.

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Despite recording woes, in this episode Krista and Sandrine discuss what should happen after reflection (from episode 12): goal settings. They speak not only of teacher goals (in the classroom and professionally) but also of students goals - both during the school year and during the summer break.

What are your goals? Share via email or on Twitter.

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The end of the year always seems to bring reflection at the forefront. In this episode, Krista and Sandrine discuss what questions to ask yourself, and reflect themselves on their years. 

Be sure to share your reflections with us... [email protected]

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In this episode packed full with energy, Krista and Sandrine discuss their favorite activities to bring energy back to the classroom. Multiple language teachers get mentioned along with a couple of articles.

Diane Portillo 

Musicuentos.com - Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell

Edutopia article...

20 - three brain breaks...

Wanna share your favorite brain breaks? Email us! [email protected]

In this episode, Krista and Sandrine hash out ways to assess reading comprehension. Does it have to be always a summative assessment? Can it be formative? In the conversation they take a couple of side-steps, including talking about Sandrine's closet, the first time Krista saw it!

For this episode Krista and Sandrine used a different recording method which resulted in a different sound. Feel free to give us some feedback about it (although they don't intend on recording that way again).

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