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Growing With Proficiency The Podcast
Welcome to Growing With Proficiency: The Podcast! Are you a World Language teacher who is looking for ideas, strategies, activities, and inspiration to create a World Language class where you and your students enjoy using the language to learn about the world and each other? Do you want to transform your class into an acquisition-driven instruction space where you intentionally provide a ton of comprehensible input?
If you are, you're in the right place.
Let's start this journey together. Head over to IG, and send me a DM @claudiamelliott to let me know what topics you would like me to cover in an upcoming episode.Join my free Facebook community, Growing With C. Also, check out my blog to start discovering some of these ideas and strategies at growingwithproficiency.com
Growing With Proficiency The Podcast
Episode 15: Setting the Stage for Success: Building Relationships and Engaging Students at the Start of the Year in Your World Language Class
¡Feliz Año! Happy New Year! This episode is perfect if you're looking for ideas on how to set or reset your World Language classes for success. In this episode, we will be discussing ways to kick off the new year with a focus on building connections with your students, boosting their confidence, and staying in the target language.
Starting the year off on the right foot is crucial for setting the tone for the remainder of this term. If you're listening to this episode later in the year, these ideas will help you in those moments when you need a reset.
I´ll share ideas for specific activities that will help you get to know your students and help them get to know each other. We will also discuss strategies for building confidence in your students and helping them feel comfortable using the target language, as well as ways to stay in the target language as much as possible in order to create a more immersive and authentic learning environment.
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