With this fun, practical guide, you will have everything you need to re-envision and reinvigorate your world language classroom. Author Elizabeth Porter draws on a brain-based approach to show how language learning is a sensory experience. Students can effectively learn languages and improve retention through activities and lessons that incorporate the five senses - sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. Chapters include real-world, research-backed examples and classroom strategies and activities ready for use. An essential resource for world language teachers, this book introduces language…mehr
With this fun, practical guide, you will have everything you need to re-envision and reinvigorate your world language classroom. Author Elizabeth Porter draws on a brain-based approach to show how language learning is a sensory experience. Students can effectively learn languages and improve retention through activities and lessons that incorporate the five senses - sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. Chapters include real-world, research-backed examples and classroom strategies and activities ready for use. An essential resource for world language teachers, this book introduces language learning philosophy and an out-of-the-box, effective approach that uses neuroscience combined with best practices to promote a highly engaging language learning environment.
Elizabeth Porter is a French teacher, Curriculum Specialist, and founder of Language with the Five Senses Education. She currently teaches American Literature and US and World History in the dual-language program at the French overseas school in Dakar.
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Meet the Author
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Chapter 1- Introduction
Chapter 2- Language Learning in The Brain
Chapter 3 - What is Language with the Five Senses?
Chapter 4- Culturally Responsive 21st Century World Language Classrooms
Chapter 5- Decolonizing the World Language Curriculum
Chapter 6- Pathways to Fluency
Chapter 7- Pathways to Biliteracy
Chapter 8 - Bringing the World into Your Classroom
Chapter 9- Creativity in the World Language Classroom