Paired role plays with Extempore: Student-centered in-class practice
If you read our blog, you've probably noticed that we talk a lot here about…
Ditch the Language Lab: Go Anywhere (and Everywhere) with Extempore
We live in a mobile world. We take our devices everywhere we go and do…
Assigning Speaking Practice over the Summer with Extempore
If there's anything that teachers and students can agree on, it's that summer vacation is...what's…
6 Image-based Extempore Tasks to Get Your Students Talking
We've all heard the cliché: a picture is worth a thousand words. But with Extempore,…
Three Activities to Use Extempore as a Conversation Builder
The last week of classes one of my students said that he was going to…
Breaking Down the Affective Filter and Building Confidence with Extempore
I see it every year (and sometimes, sadly, every day). The stammering,…
Study Abroad Spoken Journals on Extempore
Awhile back, I was rummaging through some personal belongings, and I stumbled across my old…
Using the Subjunctive to "Solve" Environmental Problems
Several of our blog posts have been bigger picture recommendations for how Extempore can help…
Feedback for Oral Assessments in the World Languages Classroom
Why are you giving feedback on EVERYTHING? Many of us, especially new teachers, tend to…
Five Tips to Reduce Speaking Anxiety in the World Languages Classroom
I’ve written before about how speaking anxiety is a common phenomenon in any setting where…
Eight Ways to Differentiate your Speaking Activities
There's been a lot of talk these days in educational circles about differentiating instruction. In…
Grading Oral Assignments in a Large Class (or Why we rely on written work to assess learning in large groups?)
Why don’t we assess speaking as frequently as we assess writing, or written grammar, or…