High School January 2016 Pilot - Survey Results
In January 2016, Extempore ran a pilot with 100 High School students at Western Christian…
Being a Good Listener with Extempore -- Part 2
In our last post, we talked a bit about assessing listening comprehension through Extempore, specifically…
Being a Good Listener with Extempore -- Part 1
It's true: when we launched Extempore, the primary goal was to develop an app that…
Benefits of a Flipped Language Classroom
The Huge Potential of a Flipped Language Classroom
Perhaps you’ve seen our list of activity…
Promoting Student Responsibility and Risk-Taking with Extempore
All world language teachers have surely encountered the student who is content to sit back…
Authentic Assessment in the World Languages Classroom with Extempore
On a previous post we stressed the importance of using authentic tasks in the World…
Authentic Speaking Tasks for the World Languages Classroom with Extempore
Authentic tasks in the World Languages classroom are those that resemble a real-life situation, that…
How to Get your Shy Students to Talk? Change the Context.
Any teacher would love to have just the right activity or the perfect strategy to…
Assessing Speaking Skills: Extempore Solves Much More than Scheduling Issues
In our recent blog, we told you about Extempore’s origins: our founders’ desire to avoid…