Recent Posts Tagged With 'foreign language acquisition'

• Guide to Middle School Foreign Language Activities: Games in French, Spanish, German, ESL and More!

  Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 20:53 in german, french, classroom games, foreign language acquisition, foreign language fun, foreign language house, english esl efl, foreign language activities, middle school esl games, middle school french games, middle school spanish games

  //   Ta-da!  Presenting . . . our very first Foreign Language House book– Middle School Madness:  Cooking up Foreign Language Games.  It contains over 50 fun and easy to use language learning games that are effective for French, Spanish,...

• Use of Target Language: Immersion Techniques

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 21:31 in immersion, tpr, asher, foreign language acquisition, krashen, use of target language

  I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on my core beliefs as a language teacher.  I’m back at grad school, extending my teaching certification to K-12.  I’ve come to realize that I have the crucial responsibility of creating a mini-imm...

• What Foreign Language do You Want Your Child to Learn?

  Posted on Sunday March 22nd, 2009 at 22:53 in foreign language acquisition, foreign language fun, foreign language choice, what language to teach children

  If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I am a HUGE believer in introducing kids to foreign languages.  Any language is fine by me (although I have a bit of a personal bias for my true love–French!) I would be tickled pink if ...

• Should We Teach American Children Esperanto?

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 19:03 in esperanto, foreign language acquisition, foreign language fun, ideas for change in america, early language learning

  I came across an idea about introducing Esperanto as a foreign language subject in American schools a couple of weeks ago on the social action network, Change.org.  According to the web site, “The Ideas for Change in America competition was cr...

• Introduce Your Child to a Foreign Language! Here’s One Reason Why.

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 21:53 in foreign language acquisition, boca beth, foreign language fun, rationale for early foreign language, reason to introduce child to foreign language

  As a career language teacher, I have read all sorts of research that strongly supports introducing children to foreign languages.  Now that my oldest child has officially entered our local public school system, I’m collecting research and stud...