I’m helping a teacher improve their planning. This little summary I made for them is packed with useful advice on the reasoning behind the planning rather than usual sharing of activities. Long term improvement 📈 #coaching#why#mflinaction#mfltwitterati#langchat#languages
Translation is often one of the most challenging skills to teach and one many of us were never trained to teach explicitly.
In this webinar, I will share how to make translation more purposeful, engaging, and effective.
https://t.co/V0nyVS8hnu
I'm running this pay what you can webinar next week on self-regulation. Explore a different way of thinking about behaviour. Very grateful for any retweets. Thank you! ⬇️
https://t.co/xDL2SjRN0v
I’ve written about my 4th Linguascope webinar this week in which I talked about strategies to invite reluctant speakers to join in and examples of activities to build confidence. Find out more on: https://t.co/NlTeSBfXQY
6 months of thinking, building, rewriting, doubting… and finally finding the courage, I’ve published my website: https://t.co/NlTeSBgvGw
I wanted this space to feel refreshing and minimalist.
Language teachers, I’d love for you to explore, reflect, and take what’s useful for you
🇫🇷📽️Fresh from its French release, and after a preview run at #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon, @AAstierOff's Kaamelott – Second Installment (Part 1) is now on the screen of Ciné Lumière!
🗓️ Exclusive release from 24 Nov at Ciné Lumière
🎟️https://t.co/YB7iyJ0xUI
A brilliant phrase: “Optimised to solve the problem of boredom, not learning languages.”
It explains why so many online ‘learning’ tools are light on the learning. It’s a user illusion. They’re optimized to entertain- often w young people parked (by schools!) in front of them.
I’ve been using language learning apps for a while but have recently switched from @duolingo to @Busuu & (hooray) my Spanish has gotten dramatically better.
As someone who’s pretty into learning I thought I’d describe why I gave up on Duo & why Busuu is IMO so much better. 🧵