To listen click here: It was the first wedding anniversary and queen Jasmin wanted to prepare an extra special surprise for now king Alaa Deen. They had been married for a year and he had been ruling for a…
The great powers of the blue genie.
Connecting Through Heritage Languages: “Heritage Meets Heritage” Fosters Deeper Appreciation
With shy smiles but determined enthusiasm, students from diverse backgrounds and eighteen different Heritage Languages gathered to be part of the “Heritage Meets Heritage” event in its new form. This new format is the brainchild of our colleague Sybil Alexandrov,…
Dear Educator: Are you taking care of yourself? No! Really! Are you?
If like me you teach in a post-secondary educational Institution, then the Spring semester for the Academic Year 2021 has just started for you. This means that up to this moment we have spent weeks of preparing materials, days of…
On ACTFL First Virtual Convention; Highlighting Success.
For the first time, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages held its annual convention virtually in November of 2020. As with most professional conferences this year, the convention was held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.…
Enjoy a perfect Zoom class session every time!
With the start of Fall 2020 rapidly approaching, you have surely prepared and modified your syllabi, online class materials, synchronous tasks, asynchronous assignments as well as assessments and evaluation methods. How much time have you spent thinking about your Zoom…
Inclusion; the Heart of Language Teaching.
Equality, social justice and inclusion; three essential and powerful values in any community. They are so powerful that the need for them was recently, despite a global pandemic, able to mobilize masses around the world in joint demands for equal…