

4 Vital Elements When Designing a Positive Language Learning Environment
A positive language learning environment designed with
hands-on-learning, freedom to try and fail, authentic assessments, community connect


Three Classroom Management Techniques Every New Language Teacher Must Master
Cini (2017) classroom management can be divided into seven key responsibilities: classroom design, rules, discipline, scheduling, organizati


What are the components of a "good" language teacher?
For better or for worse, ASL instruction is largely unregulated. As a result, there is a wide spectrum of teachers, from good to bad. Within
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How to Utilize Minority Language Speakers in the Classroom [Infographic]
Three strategies listed by Ruggs and Hebl (2012) to increase diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness in classroom settings.


Anxiety in the Classroom: 3 Lessons Learned
Many common teaching practices are not anxiety-friendly (e.g. pop quizzes, true/false exam questions, heavily-weighted group projects, high


Teaching Languages to Both Hemispheres of the Brain
“Brain research shows that much academic content is processed primarily in the left hemisphere, but that the right hemisphere processes cont


Two Adolescent Brain-Based Teaching Strategies in the Foreign Language Classroom
While I was a student at a community college in San Antonio, Texas, I took an Arabic language course. The professor, a native speaker...


Areas of the Brain Activated When Learning Signed Languages
I found this week’s Schunk (2012) chapter to be absolutely fascinating! The readings made me curious as to whether the same regions of...
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3 Domains of Learning in the Language Classroom: Affective, Cognitive, & Psychomotor [Infographic]
Sign language is a tactile language. Thus, it is quite natural for a sign language lesson plan to operate mainly in the psychomotor domain.


Language Learning: Cognitive Domain or Psychomotor Domain?
While language learning is often considered a mainly cognitive task, in many ways the psychomotor domain is a better fit for teaching visual