Routines, Repetition, and Frequent Exposure in the Language Classroom
Author’s note: for examples of routine language practice and its application on Extempore, scroll down…
Using Extempore to Practice and Assess the Three Modes of Communication
Using Extempore to Practice and Assess the Three Modes of CommunicationOn Extempore, instructors have carte…
Is there a way to create a road-trip-like type Extempore-based lesson plan?
If you are still thinking about this question, let me tell you, “There is!” Backward…
Academic Integrity and Secure Assessments on Extempore
An assessment app by nature, Extempore boasts numerous safeguards for maintaining academic integrity and test…
Statement From Extempore CEO Regarding New Partnership With Minnesota Department of Education
Recently, we at Extempore announced a partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to…
PRESS RELEASE — Pencils down, phones out: Minnesota high school students to use MN-made app for bilingual exam
Below is a copy of a recent press release detailing our new partnership with the…
Backward Planning, Tasks and Extempore and Other IT tools
Small-scale research into how pronunciation can be improved in the new normal using state-of-the-art methodology
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A Task-Based Lesson Sequence to Teach the English Front Vowels
Designed using Backward Planning, integrative task support, the Flipped Classroom Model, Extempore, and other tech…
Unique Ways to Use Extempore #4: Student Reflections / Unit Previews
Ever want to hear your students' thoughts on a lesson or unit without their classmates…
Unique Ways to Use Extempore #3: Freewrites / Freetalks
If your students were dropped into the target language environment by themselves right at this…
Unique Ways to Use Extempore #2: Dictation
I know, I know. Dictation? Yes, dictation. Sure, our students will likely never have to…
Unique Ways to Use Extempore #1: Reading Out Loud
So simple yet often overlooked, reading out loud (‘oral reading’ in academic parlance) carries countless…