#EarlyLang Chat
#EarlyLang chat is a Twitter chat for early language educators to share and discuss topics relevant to our practice.
(Due to the pandemic and the time teachers were online during the academic day, we paused the chats for 2020-21. We hope to resume our chats in September 2021.)
View our past topics and chat summaries:
May 6, 2020: Hindsight 20/20: What Remote Learning Taught Us and What We’ll Be Doing Next Year
April 22, 2020: Supporting Families During Emergency Distance Learning and Uplifting Teachers
April 8, 2020: Emergency Distance Learning: How are we doing now that we’re a few weeks in?
March 25, 2020: Emergency Distance Learning
March 11, 2020: Target Language Use in the #EarlyLang Setting
February 26, 2020: Realistic Expectations for Proficiency Development
January 22, 2020: Articulating Your Curriculum When You Have Many Levels
January 8, 2020: Having Courageous Conversations that Address Current Issues
November 13, 2019: Interpersonal Communication in the #Earlylang Classroom
October 23, 2019: Routines in the #Earlylang Classroom
October 9, 2019: Running an #earlylang Program on a Shoestring
September 25, 2019: Role Play in the #Earlylang Setting
September 11, 2019: Back to School: Starting the Year Out Strong
May 22, 2019: Advocating for our Early Language Programs
April 24, 2019: Adapting Fairy Tales and other Storybooks
April 10, 2019: Maximizing Short Class Periods
March 27, 2019: Interdisciplinary Connections for Teachers
March 13, 2019: Content Based World Language Instruction
February 27, 2019: Music in the Early Language Classroom
February 13, 2019: Building Relationships with Parents and Caregivers
January 23, 2019: Encouraging Language Learning Beyond the Classroom
January 9, 2019: Heritage Learners
November 28, 2018: Developing Independence in Early Language Learners
October 24, 2018: Global Education and Early Language Learners
October 10, 2018: The Role of Play and Imagination in the Early Language Classroom
September 26, 2018: The First Weeks — What Are We Doing?
September 12, 2018: Goal Setting for Educators and Learners
June 6, 2018: Wrapping up the School Year
May 16, 2018: Student Choice in the Early Language Classroom
May 2, 2018: Using Stations and Centers in the Early Language Classroom
April 18, 2018: Advocating for Your Early Language Program
April 4, 2018: Self Reflection and Growth Mindset with Early Language Learners
March 21, 2018: Magical Moments in the Elementary Classroom
March 7, 2018: Interculturality and Early Language Learners
February 21, 2018: “Assessment Design in the Early Language Classroom.”
February 7, 2018: Input and Output: What’s the Effective Balance?
January 17, 2018: Technology in the Early Language Classroom
December 6, 2017: Error Correction in the Early Language Classroom
November 15, 2017: Creating and Maintaining a Class Culture
November 1, 2017: Project-Based Learning in the Early Language Classroom
October 18, 2017: Classroom Management in the Early Language Classroom
October 4: Handling Multiple Proficiency and Literacy Levels within the Same Classroom
September 20: Managing Assessment with a Large Quantity of Students
June 7: Teaching with Comprehensible Input in the Early Language Classroom
May 17: Incorporating Authentic Resources in the Early Language Classroom
May 3: Maximizing Student Learning with Limited Contact Time
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