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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.
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Growing With Proficiency The Podcast
Episode 143: Picture Talk Reimagined – 5 Ways to Make It Sustainable and Student-Led
Welcome back to Growing With Proficiency The Podcast! In today’s episode, we’re diving into Picture Talk—a classic strategy that many of us use occasionally… but what if it became part of your weekly routine?
When reimagined as a sustainable and student-led practice, Picture Talk can provide meaningful input, spark student curiosity, and support communication—all with one powerful image.
In this episode, I’m sharing exactly how I use one image across different levels and for multiple days, all while keeping prep simple and language use at the center of my classroom.
Whether you’re in a season when energy is low or you’re just looking for something consistent and effective, this episode will guide you through step-by-step ways to make Picture Talk work for you and your students.
Highlights:
What Is Picture Talk?
A quick overview of this input-rich strategy and why it fits all levels.
Why Picture Talk Works Year-Round
From September to April, there are always stretches when engagement drops—Picture Talk helps keep the conversation going.
5 Ways to Stretch One Image Across the Week
From co-creating stories to reusing texts, these strategies help you build routines without more planning.
Tips to Keep It Student-Led
Use questioning, retelling, and real-world connections to invite students to do the heavy lifting.
Differentiation Made Simple
Use the same image with different language supports for novice and intermediate learners.
🎁 And yes—there’s a free resource ready for you:
Download the Animales en Desastres Naturales Picture Talk lesson
Perfect for Earth Day or any time you want to connect language to real-world themes.
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📥 Free Lesson: Animales en Desastres Naturales
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More Podcast Episodes to Support You:
🎧 Episode 47 – Ignite Curiosity With Images (with Chelsea Lawrence)
🎧 Episode 95 – What Is Story Asking and Why It Works
Don’t miss this episode—especially if you're looking for a way to simplify your week, provide rich input, and let students guide the learning process.
