The Dreamers, the Doers, and Me
I have a clear memory of waking up the morning after my first French dream. Do you dream in all your languages? Read on to find out what it means to me.
Family Reading
When families first join the school community, I believe part of my job is to also make the adults feel like this community is for them. The school serves the learners and their families.
Celebrating a French-Full Classroom
Learners' words can come out mixed up; they think they are speaking French, but English words get mixed in. This is translanguaging. I celebrate it.
Connecting Language and Culture
Dance teaches so many important skills, plus it is so joyful! Here is where we can get serious about learning gauche from droite. Here are some ideas.
Creating Space for Additional Languages through Read-Alouds
My learners quickly discover that I am open to other languages and that I think they are important based on the way I react as I read this story.
Celebrating Language Identities in the Writing Zone
Just because we value the target language, it does not mean we have to devalue home languages. Our language(s) connect(s) us to our ancestors.
Two French Language Teachers Meet in a Hallway
Does it sound like the beginning of a bad joke? I hoped it would! But this is no joke. What happens next? Do they speak in French? Do they speak in English?
Language Learner Becomes Language Teacher Learner
Learning a new language presented the greatest cognitive challenge I had ever experienced, and I loved it. I will forever be a language learner, even as teacher.