Happy New Year from the French Corner! If you’re on school break and need a little reading material, I’ve rounded up some of my favorite blog posts from the last year (in no particular order). These posts range from news stories on the benefits of learning another language to cultural vignettes to ideas for the foreign language classroom. You’ll also find my top five posts of the year.
- Not a Cliché: The French Love Their Bread from My French Life
- Authentic Input Versus Grammar Drills: A Case Study from Cecilelaine
- Drawing and Gesturing: Keep Your Students Engaged in Listening from Cecilelaine
- The Importance of Learning Foreign Languages from Montana Public Radio
- Your Mind on Languages: How Bilingualism Boosts Your Brain from Huffington Post
- Gallery Walk from The Comprehensible Classroom
- Being Bilingual: The Neuroplastic Workout from Livingbilingual
- Letting Go of the Vocabulary List from Amy Lenord
- The Conversation Circle from Amy Lenord
- 15 Fun Collaboration Activities for World Language Teachers from Calico Spanish (a #langchat summary)
- Speaking a Second Language Delays Dementias… from NBC News Health
- Putting the FL in STEM from Transparent Language
- Peer Editing for Success from Oodles and Gobs
- 14 Haunting And Magnificent Vintage Photos Of Paris At Night from BuzzFeed
- World Languages Students Are Poppleting from Langwitches Blog
- I’ve Got a New Way to Write from The Comprehensible Classroom
- Exciting Syllabi from The Creative Language Class
- World Languages, Facebook, Pinterest, Culture and Literacy from My Languages
- Reading in French from Changing Phases
- Thinking in a Foreign Language: How to Do It and Why from Lingholic
- Authentic Resources + Embedded Reading from Señorita Barragán
- Picture Prompts from Elmundodebirch
- The Right & Wrong Way To Use Technology For Learning from TeachThought
- Fantastique French Work with StoryBird from MFL Tomlinscote
- The Quick Sketch & Share – Interactive Homework Review from Language Sensei
- Extend Your Discussion from The Comprehensible Classroom
- Using Google Apps to Make Interactive Stories from eTools for Language Teachers
- Présentations : commençons par le commencement from Territoires des Langues
- Translated film titles – a languages game from Dom’s MFL Page
- Beginning of the Year: Getting to know you game from Maris Hawkins
- Tout le monde qui… from Je m’appelle Madame
- 7 familles + une from Territoires des Langues
- Ideas to Get Your Students to Your Site on Day 1 (or 2 or 3…) from Language Sensei
- Teaching Activities Created in Mentormob and EdCanvas from 3 Rs 4 Teachers
- Using Infographics to Promote Your Department from Ritzforeignlang
- Grade 5 French Stories from French at RCS Elementary
- Get ‘Em On Their Feet from The Creative Language Class
- J’adore la musique francophone from Les Chevaliers du Château des Champions
- Design a Worksheet Homework from Frenchteacher
- Class Project: Reasons to Study a Foreign Language from Classroom Creativities
And to top the list off, here were my top five most viewed posts of 2013:
