Differentiation in Foreign Language

ON STUDENT SELF-ASSESSMENT

By |2025-04-21T19:25:20-06:00March 13th, 2022|

Sarah, a Spanish teacher who has been using some of our self-assessment tools for students (such as the Independent Reading Rubric, the Interpersonal Communication Self-Assessment, this Higher Level Thinking Assessment Example, and this Higher Level Thinking Book Report Example) writes: . Hi Bryce, Do you put the self assessment [...]

Reading Quote #21: Shelter Vocabulary, Not Grammar

By |2020-10-31T10:23:36-06:00November 11th, 2020|

Insightful saying by the legendary Susan Gross... Use any grammar that is appropriate with your students, but hold back on the vocabulary to be sure they understand the core meaning. When they understand enough messages clearly, their subconscious will figure out the necessary syntax and conjugations. Grammar will become [...]

Reading Quote #1: True Differentiation

By |2020-10-23T14:35:42-06:00October 16th, 2020|

Today marks day one of a series of quotes about teaching reading. These are based on the research I have done for my upcoming BER seminars on reading, my years of experience, and extensive conversations with scholars and classroom teachers. I hope you'll enjoy these as much as I [...]

YEARLONG READING PLANS FOR LEVELS 1 & 3

By |2017-10-25T21:50:25-06:00October 25th, 2017|

These are the reading assignments from the course syllabi in my level 1 and level 3 classes. Most of it is self-selected reading, even in level 1.Level 1 students can read on their own and read an amazing amount once they know the high frequency verbs. This plan really [...]

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