Eureka!
Hands down, reading is one of the most powerful tools for facilitating acquisition of vocabulary—whether it is vocabulary from a first, second, or third language. Most educators...
Dyslexic Learners Inform Instruction
After 25 years as a classroom teacher of Spanish, German, and English, I decided to make reaching dyslexic students in the world language classroom the focus of...
The Challenge of Teaching Poetry
As Franklin Roosevelt famously stated in his 1932 inaugural address, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” These ringing words probably also apply to...
Comic Relief
Comic strips or books are very useful to help the learning of French, whether they are used in class with a teacher or read at home. This...
Bringing a Dying Language Back to Life
It is unlikely that many of his grade-school classmates would have predicted that Sunn m’Cheaux would grow up to be a Harvard instructor.
“I...
Congress Urged to Enact Antiracist Education Policies
In light of recent demands for racial justice, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, NAACP, UnidosUS, and the National Women’s Law Center along with hundreds...
Teaching in the Atolls with no Virus Count
Welcome to CMI.
Our in-class classes never stopped. Things are the same. We waited and waited, then the virus never came.
The Yoga of Collaboration
Why Collaboration?
As schools around the world increase in neurodiversity as well as cultural and linguistic diversity, many educators are turning to professional...
Taking English Learning Online
Instructional strategies that have proven effective in improving English language learner (ELL) achievement include providing ELLs with intentionally planned vocabulary instruction; using gestures, visual cues, or realia;...
Reflections in the Water
Occasionally, I’ll wear a long red-and-black huipil that was made for me a few years ago while I was teaching in Mexico. Every time I put it...