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Intermediate Low speaking workout! Yesterday I asked students how they wanted to prepare: 1 suggested that we focus on 1 topic at a time. Did in concentric circles. I called on non-volunteers, then had class decide if answer qualified as complex/not & why/why not. #langchat #ilovetimers

Adored all of the québécois culture we soaked up in Magog and Montreal. Highly recommend the new film Les Furies and the musical Pub Royal about Les Cowboys Fringants. Excited to read these! #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

Nudging my Novice High students towards Intermediate Low with some very explicit work on personalized vocabulary... page 3 is where they're invited to record "other language that might be interesting to know & use" (credit: Thomas Sauer). #langchat

I have managed to get all 36 8th graders registered for the Quebec trip with deposits paid/promised from school, so I feel like a superhero! #langchat

Adorable French neologism from one of my French 6 students! #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

I learned so much from this podcast about the history of queer Jews in Washington DC!

"I really want this exhibit to teach other young LGBT people about our own history" In our new podcast episode, step into the history of queer Jews in DC as we tour the Capital Jewish Museum’s exhibit, “LGBTJews in the Federal City” with curators Jonathan Edelman and Sarah Leavitt: buff.ly/fp87pqW

Social media feeds are full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped, but Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads. Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops helping ICE terrorize our communities. app.sosha.ai/s/7YTH73n1

3 out of 14 attendees at current #ACTFL session on teacher-led change in WL are from #MAFLA 👏 #langchat @traversteach.bsky.social

One of my favorite things is learning from someone else how to improve on an idea. My students are already familiar with Beyoncé as our heuristic to remember the French accent aigu, but the tipped hat is next level! Thank you Erin Fell for a great presentation on Accommodations at #ACTFL! #langchat

Just had my best ever French 6 class with a very bouncy group on a Friday afternoon!? This game really builds focus and listening in my experience. Pictures (to print as thumbnails and place in plastic sleeves here): docs.google.com/presentation... #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

We did it! French 6 students finally know enough French to write postcards to their ePals in the French Alps! #langchat #fle

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It's outrageous that Spotify is running ICE ads. I've canceled our subscription (much to my teens' chagrin) because it's wrong to recruit for ICE. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/uMrnjfJH

Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.

Fun listen! #langchat #Frenchteachers #fle www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/p...

Trying to cement another best practice into my repertoire this year. Ss said these were tough, which was my goal. They were shocked when I explained that hard Qs are actually better for retrieval! @retrievelearn.bsky.social #langchat

The Israeli military said on Monday that it had received the 20 remaining living hostages released by Hamas under the terms of the cease-fire deal. On today's episode of "The Daily," Rachel Abrams speaks to families of those hostages, and to other Israelis, about the long-anticipated moment.

A student whose home language is French is frustrated by their lower score on writing assessments. I'm hoping studying these exemplars will help. How do you build your collection of exemplars and how do you use them with students? #langchat

When you do the thing you know you should do but never manage to actually do (studying exemplars 🥇)... next thing you know, I'll be leaving time for exit tickets ⏰!!! #langchat

Still learning how to train 6th graders (in year 7 of teaching them!?). This slide felt heavy-handed and ridiculous to me, but has been extremely effective. #langchat

I have updated my brain break slide and I am quite pleased with the results. #langchat

My ePals collaborating teacher had her French 6th graders make notebook covers for English class, and my 6th graders are to vote on their favorites! I think my students will be surprised by the small place of the US in French students' imagination (just a 🌭 & 🚚!). 🤣 #langchat #fle

Favorite classroom organization hack (discovered during COVID!): put tape to indicate where desks go in your classroom. Then direct students to push desks back to their proper location anytime! Helpful when you've got a lot of kids and backpacks navigating a too-small space. #langchat

Classroom set-up complete! A 6th grade ELA teacher helped me figure out how to hang the francophone flags in an attractive & non-chaotic manner, I reused my composition books for a 4th year of L1 reflective journaling, and I've already had a canary in the coalmine moment. #langchat

As a former Fulbright Teaching Scholar, I want to see this program continue. p2a.co/d9Q0fqH #langchat #actfl

Wow, this is awesome. Thanks, Leslie!

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"Le Sens des choses" : "Je suis un peu Mary Poppins, sans la magie" (Elsa Guedj) www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio...

What Many Israelis Don’t Want to See www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/p...

Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

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Hundreds marched through the streets of central Tel Aviv last night carrying sacks of flour and photos of Palestinian children in Gaza in a protest organized by Standing Together. Video courtesy of @standing-together.bsky.social and @alonlee.bsky.social

I love the "Proficiency in My District" component of Proficiency Academy! Here at #MAFLA Proficiency Academy, we're hearing how #ACTFL leaders Paul Sandrock & Omar Rachid provided a helpful framework for Evan Greenwald's district as they transitioned toward proficiency-based instruction.

So excited to be back at #MAFLA Proficiency Academy to head up the Implementation Strand again! So far, we've talked about #ACTFL levels & setting proficiency targets. #langchat #actfl

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An important read on antisemitism today from @nytimes.com opinion. Free gift link below. #langchat #actfl www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/o...

My students made a "joyeux anniversaire" video for our Quebec tour guide during our long trip back to Boston, which I sent him on his birthday yesterday. So sweet! #langchat

Hey all! If you’re an ACTFL member, and a member of the African-American Students SIG, JOIN US for this FREE WEBINAR!! 🗓️ Tuesday, June 10th ⏰ 6:00pm ET Check your email and register if you’re a member. Looking forward to seeing ya’ll! #langchat #actfl

What!? Middle-school appropriate French show on Netflix!!! Our family loved episode 1. #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

What's making me happy: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/s... #langchat #fle #Frenchteachers

Really enjoyed this talk on the power of language-learning, delivered in Gen Alpha slang! Thanks to my own teen children, I understood about half without subtitles. #langchat #actfl www.reddit.com/r/interestin...

Middle school life: you are called to a meeting whose topic is "lunch drama." #langchat

This is an incredible read/listen, especially if you are the descendent of Holocaust survivors/WWII refugees and born in the 1970s like me. You can listen to it via NYTimes The Daily podcast.

Looking for practical and affordable summer PD? I'm thrilled to return to PEARLL's Summer Institute for a 3-day online workshop in August on all things VOCABULARY. Come learn and share with other classroom teachers for just $99! #langchat #actfl #Frenchteachers pearll.nflc.umd.edu/2025-summer-...

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