Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about Assessment. [00:22] Record yourself [00:57] Free App Recording software like Vocaroo. [01:34] Using Notebooks – Communication Journal [01:54] Write about something you’re going to find. [03:27] Growing Proficiency [04:06] Where do you want to be? [06:10] The Foreign Service Institute. [08:20] The Association… Read More Language Assessment Tools

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Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about the fun of teaching languages. [00:27] Have fun, it’s critical [00:45] Experience a target language while you’re doing things that you love. [02:07] Have fun during the entire process [02:46] Languages are a huge part of the human experience. [03:03] You were not… Read More Learning a Language is Fun!

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Fun Class Activity: Learn Language with Vision Boards Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Are you looking for a fun activity that you can do for that first dreary day back from winter break? In this episode, Janina will talk about Vision Boards. (0:35) – Introduction to vision boards (0:53) – How it works (1:20)… Read More Learn Language with Vision Boards

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Welcome to Five-Week Linguist Show. We will talk about how using Hotel Complaints can help you practice learning a new language. (0:22) – a fun activity for people learning to make complaints politely in a foreign language. (0:37) It practices lower–level language like greetings, time, and numbers. Creating Scenario in Hotel Setting (00:56) You can… Read More Fun Speaking Activity: Hotel Complaints

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  Welcome to Five-week Linguist show. We are going to talk about different ways producing language to express yourself. (0:39) The importance of producing language (01:10) You can’t express yourself if you can’t produce language. ) (1:33) Producing languages, whether it’s on your own, or in a class setting, or communicating with people, is a… Read More Producing Language

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Welcome to The 5-Week Linguist Show. In this episode, we will talk about 5 card games. [00:04] Card games are a fantastic way to get people learning, reading, and speaking new languages. [00:32] The First Game is called How Do you say….? [01:30] To make it like a bit of a game, you can put… Read More Language Card Games

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Activities to learn verbs Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about the importance of verbs in language learning. [00:29] Mastering Verbs [00:39] Expressing Actions [01:09] First Activity: The Hot Potato [02:58] Second Activity: Check [04:08] Third Activity: Asking and Answering [05:43] Fourth Activity: The Koosh Ball 25 Ways to learn… Read More Activities to learn verbs

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Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We will talk about five rules from traditional school conditioning that need to stop. [01:14] Don’t talk during class [02:12] Don’t make mistakes [03:11] Stop playing [03:35] Attention and focus [04:00] Take yourself very seriously [04:26] Learning languages Looking for some convenient ways to get language into your life? 25 Ways to Learn Languages Every… Read More Language lessons : how we’re different

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Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Today, Janina will talk about Google Apps post-COVID in the world language classroom.  (2:37) – I’m going to discuss how to use Google Docs, Slides, Forms, YouTube in your language classroom, how to plan and organize a guest speaker session in your target language for your students, and some… Read More Tools for the Language Classroom

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Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. In this episode, we will talk about writing sub plans as a language teacher and what independent learners can do when a teacher is not available. (00:42) – If you’re lucky, get a teacher who speaks the language. (01:04) – It’s challenging to write sub plans as a language… Read More Writing Sub Plans (+ tips for independent learners)

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