The Course
Ready to take your language teaching methods to the next level? Dive into this interactive course, where you'll discover modern strategies for engaging students in your world language classroom. Say goodbye to traditional grading and busy work, and say hello to innovative teaching techniques that cater to diverse learning styles and build student confidence!
We will explore the benefits of a proficiency focused classroom, and review the first steps that you can make starting TODAY! We'll get a glimpse into each communicative mode, and you'll leave with various activities and assessment examples for each.
Inside, you'll ALSO find rubrics and reflections you can use with your students right away. We will explore the benefits of student self-reflection in the world language classroom; embrace reflective teaching and learning, and get ready for your students to impress you!
As you begin to implement these new strategies, my hope is that both you AND your students will increase your confidence and enjoyment of your class!
Grab strategies for building confidence, promoting critical thinking, and more! Let's get started!
What you will learn
When I put this course together, my goal was to strip away the traditional, sometimes tedious, academic approaches and instead inject innovative, dynamic methods into language teaching. As someone just starting out with proficiency focused teaching, you'll find that this course offers tangible and actionable strategies that you can implement right away. I've carefully organized the modules for beginners to this approach, layering skills and teaching strategies so that you can easily follow along and apply what you learn in real-world classroom settings. You'll leave the course not only with a solid foundation in proficiency based grading, but also with a toolbox brimming with creative ideas that will engage your students and, most importantly, enhance their language proficiency. I can't wait for you to get started!
Curriculum
Your instructor
Erin Coleman is an experienced educator with a rich background in world language teaching and curriculum design. With over a decade immersed in the field, Erin has navigated the evolution of language education, adopting and refining methodologies to enhance linguistic proficiency and cultural competence. Her journey began as a language instructor, where the intricacies of language acquisition sparked a lifelong quest to merge traditional pedagogy with innovative practices. She is well known as the creator behind The Engaged Spanish Classroom website and resources.
As the lead teacher for "Proficiency in Practice: Innovative Approaches to World Language Teaching," Erin shares her passion for planning and grading techniques aimed to promote student confidence and proficiency. She is deeply invested in the course, sharing infographics, activity examples, demo videos, and more. Erin has utilized her passion and creativity to curate resources you're sure to love!
Great for Beginners
The perfect course for those starting out on a proficiency-focused teaching journey
Engaging
Move through the course seamlessly and stop to review resource examples, supportive blog posts, discussion videos, and more!
Actionable
Leave not only with new strategies and ideas, but with beautifully designed infographics, activities, assessments, reflections, rubrics, and more!
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