Tag Archives: communicative language teaching

Sample lesson plan: Las redes sociales

In a previous post I had mentioned that what I felt was lacking for teachers who want join the less textbook/grammar, more communication movement was a sample lesson. How do we weave the authentic resources and didactic materials into a … Continue reading

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First day back from Christmas break–lesson plans

I’m thinking about what I want my Spanish II students to do on our first day back.  I have to give them their final exam as a pre-test for the second time this school year (silly, I know; not my … Continue reading

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Old School

I define traditional language teaching as one were students memorize lists of vocabulary and grammar structures and then do practice activities much like those found in many textbooks today where students take the grammar and/or vocabulary and manipulate them in some … Continue reading

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