Blog Series: All About Vocabulary
This blog series has been a long time coming. Vocabulary, vocabulary, vocabulary. Vocabulario, vocabulaire, 生词shēngcí,…
A Simpler Way To Assess Oral Skills
It’s the 21st century: Why do we keep taking 3 days to do oral exams…
What's For Dinner?: Paired Dialogue Task Ideas
A few months ago, we posted about the benefits of student-centered paired speaking activities on…
The Challenges of Assessing Cultural Competency in the World Languages
We all know the importance of the 4 big skills in a world language class:…
The Problems with World Language Presentations and How to Fix Them-Part 2
Hopefully you read our post last time about the problems that many students encounter with…
Spice up the Classroom with a Cooking Competition on Extempore!
These days you can't turn on the TV without seeing a cooking show. Some of…
Let's Go to the Mall Today: Paired Dialogue Task Ideas
A few weeks ago, we posted about student-centered paired activities meant to develop speaking skills…
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…
Using Extempore for Project-Based Learning
If you've been following our blog, you've probably noticed that we often emphasize Extempore's unique…
Using Extempore as a Window into Culture
Hopefully, if you've explored our site or if you've read our previous blog posts, you…
Authentic Assessment in the World Languages Classroom with Extempore
On a previous post we stressed the importance of using authentic tasks in the World…