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Boost Proficiency in Your Spanish Classroom with… Boost Proficiency in Your Spanish Classroom with IPAs A Spanish Teacher’s Experience with IPAs When I started teaching middle school Spanish, I came from a background of verb drill practice and pre-made dialogues. Then, I discovered Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs)—and everything changed. It…
January 24, 2024 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + TEACHINGTeaching Strategies
Reintroducing the Integrated Performance Assessment Reintroducing the Integrated Performance Assessment Let’s play Two Truths and a Lie. I’ll go first: 1) Many world language teachers utilize the Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) in their classrooms. 2) Most, though, don’t. 3) That’s because the IPA is such…
January 22, 2024 Kelly Denzler Filed Under: Carnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + TEACHINGTeaching Strategies
8 Hispanic Heroes: A Gallery Walk Activity… 8 Hispanic Heroes: A Gallery Walk Activity for Spanish Classes As a Spanish teacher, I loved Hispanic Heritage Month. It is an excellent way to expose your students to Spanish-speaking culture early in the school year and ignite their curiosity about the world beyond the…
September 06, 2023 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
3 Ways Empathetic Lessons Can Transform Your… 3 Ways Empathetic Lessons Can Transform Your World Language Classroom Years ago, as a young high school Spanish teacher, I dreamed of making a difference in the lives of my students. And while I’m not sure that every student I taught walked away with a…
April 21, 2023 Evelyn Galindo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
10 Steps for Launching a Spanish for… 10 Steps for Launching a Spanish for Spanish Speakers Class When I started my Spanish teaching career in rural Ohio, I thought I was ready to tackle anything.  I was wrong. Although I was prepared to teach Spanish, no one told me how many of…
March 27, 2023 Maggie Thomas Filed Under: Future ReadyProfessional LearningThe State of Education
Have Your Students Download These Spanish Singers… Have Your Students Download These Spanish Singers During Black History Month Black people have played a significant role in the history and cultural development of Latin America and the Caribbean. Their presence in the Spanish-speaking world can be traced back to the transatlantic slave trade, where…
February 23, 2023 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under:
3 Valentine’s Day Activities for Your Spanish… 3 Valentine’s Day Activities for Your Spanish Classroom When I was a teacher, Valentine’s Day meant two things: Sweet treats from students—my favorite since I sometimes forgot my lunch and those Dove chocolates were my only source of protein during the day—or a…
February 01, 2023 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
5 Ways iCulture Makes World Language Teachers’… 5 Ways iCulture Makes World Language Teachers’ Jobs Easier As a world language teacher, you know that teaching a new language can be a rewarding but challenging experience. You have much to juggle and coordinate, from preparing lessons and materials to evaluating student progress! …
January 31, 2023 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
Why Supporting Spanish-Speaking Students is Critical: 2022… Why Supporting Spanish-Speaking Students is Critical: 2022 Spanish-Usage Report Languages are living, breathing entities. They evolve and change with the people who speak them.  Since 1998, the Instituto Cervantes, one of the world’s largest institutions dedicated to teaching Spanish, has published an extensive annual…
January 13, 2023 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningProfessional Learning
The 4 Best Tips for Spaced Practice… The 4 Best Tips for Spaced Practice in Language Learning Have you ever been so excited about a new story you were reading that you wanted to finish it right away? Some students feel like they should tackle schoolwork the same way: all at once.…
December 30, 2022 Michael Griffin Filed Under: Brain & Learning ScienceCarnegie LearningProfessional LearningTeaching Strategies
The Best Spanish Activities For Low-Prep Winter… The Best Spanish Activities For Low-Prep Winter Holiday Fun Published on 12/13/2022. Updated on 12/05/2023. Feeling stuck in your lesson planning for the last week before winter break? I've been there.  I’ve been there: students are wiggly because they feel the winter holiday is approaching,…
December 13, 2022 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
Guess Who’s Back: An Incredible World Language… Guess Who’s Back: An Incredible World Language Reunion at ACTFL 2022 A chilly November weekend in 2022 saw the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center host an event that had not taken place in person since 2019: the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Convention.…
December 02, 2022 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningProfessional Learning
Bring the World Cup to Your Spanish,… Bring the World Cup to Your Spanish, French, and German Classes As a Spanish teacher, I loved using popular events as an opportunity to bring the world into the classroom. This year, the most-watched global event will be the FIFA World Cup. Because the tournament brings together…
November 17, 2022 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
3 Assets to Enhance Immersive Experiences in… 3 Assets to Enhance Immersive Experiences in the Spanish Classroom When I was a Spanish teacher, introducing students to culture was one of my favorite things to do. We did this by listening to trendy songs, watching videos of people speaking Spanish, and reading about…
October 26, 2022 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
Culture Corner: 4 Ghost Stories From Around… Culture Corner: 4 Ghost Stories From Around The World In a world that's rapidly changing, it's reassuring to know that most middle and high school students still love a good, old-fashioned fright. What’s more, ghost stories provide wonderful cultural insight, since what people find…
September 20, 2022 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
Culture Corner: Hispanic Heritage Month Culture Corner: Hispanic Heritage Month Whether you teach Spanish to beginning-level students or to native and heritage speakers of Spanish, Hispanic Heritage Month is a great time to embrace your Spanish-speaking students' heritage and for your other students to learn…
September 08, 2022 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
3 Simple Icebreakers for Your World Language… 3 Simple Icebreakers for Your World Language Classroom For many teachers, the first day of school is one of the most exciting days of the year. Most students are either nervous or excited, and you might feel awkward about starting your new world…
September 02, 2022 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
Women’s History Month: 8 Women Around the… Women’s History Month: 8 Women Around the World to Honor To honor Women’s History Month, introduce your students to these eight women who have made the world a better place for all of us. By getting your students thinking and talking about women’s history and…
March 01, 2022 Carnegie Learning Filed Under:
Is Culture Driving Your World Language Classes… Is Culture Driving Your World Language Classes Yet? In my Spanish classroom, teaching culture is everything. Those of you who read my previous classroom activity suggestions already know that all of my curriculum begins and ends with learning about the people, places, and…
November 02, 2021 Nicole Hartung Filed Under: Teaching Strategies
3 Ways to Support Heritage and Native… 3 Ways to Support Heritage and Native Spanish Speakers Spanish teachers, think of your students who are hispanohablantes. How confident are they as learners and individuals? How confident do you know they could be? When teaching heritage or native Spanish speakers, it’s important to…
October 28, 2021 Janet Boring Filed Under: Teaching Strategies
Reflection Corner: A Heritage Deep Dive Reflection Corner: A Heritage Deep Dive As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, let’s take the opportunity to reflect on how heritage impacts us as teachers. The way we recognize, understand, and live our own heritage manifests in various ways. But have…
October 01, 2021 Jennifer Kilmore Filed Under: Teaching Strategies
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Your Spanish… Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Your Spanish Class There is no shortage of ways to celebrate the rich and diverse Spanish-speaking cultures worldwide. Spanish teachers do this all year long! Hispanic Heritage Month provides an additional, special opportunity to generate discussions and experience cultural events.…
September 28, 2021 Janet Boring, Michael Griffin Filed Under: Teaching Strategies
Finding Their Voice: Teaching Heritage and Native… Finding Their Voice: Teaching Heritage and Native Spanish Speakers Living in and embracing a new culture takes skills, effort, patience, and audacity. If you haven’t done it, it’s hard to imagine how challenging it is. If you have, you know that the experience leaves…
August 23, 2021 Paula Hidalgo, PhD Filed Under: Carnegie LearningEdTech
3 Common Challenges with Authentic Language Resources 3 Common Challenges with Authentic Language Resources At the beginning of your language-learning journey, what drew you in and kept you studying that language, year after year? I’m betting it wasn’t memorizing verb tenses. If it was how the language allowed you…
August 20, 2021 Janet Boring Filed Under: Carnegie LearningEdTech
Why Culture Should Drive Language Learning Why Culture Should Drive Language Learning It's important to make culture the main focus when teaching a new language. As a world language teacher, you guide students toward becoming respectful and confident global citizens in our modern world. When you make…
July 28, 2021 Nicole Hartung Filed Under: Professional LearningTeaching StrategiesThe State of Education
Culture Corner: Springtime Traditions around the World Culture Corner: Springtime Traditions around the World Spring is a wonderful time of celebration, and cultures around the world have unique traditions and ways of welcoming the new season. Here are three fun highlights to share with students in your world languages…
April 26, 2021 Jennifer Kilmore Filed Under: Carnegie Learning
Meet Our World-Class World Languages Team Meet Our World-Class World Languages Team Meet the Carnegie Learning World Languages Team! We’re passionate about the teaching of Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and Italian, and we’re committed to supporting you as you help your students fall in love with languages. We’re…
April 20, 2021 Carnegie Learning Filed Under: Carnegie Learning