4, 3, 2, 1: A Practical Guide to Using Extempore’s Timers
WHAT, there are TIMED questions too????
Mr. Castner, I can’t even…
I couldn’t tell you…
How to Use Comprehensible Input to Gradually Lead Students to Linguistic Output
In this post, learn five strategies for teaching comprehensible input that guides students towards confident…
Tasks, Analysis, and More: 4 Assessments for Building Written and Oral Proficiency on Extempore
Over the past few months our blog has been on hiatus, getting some much needed…
Did You Hear? Listening Assessments on Extempore
In one of our most recent blogs, I wrote about different ways to assess target language reading…
Communicative Activities to Enhance Speaking Skills
This post is written by one of our Extempore teacher Ambassadors, Dorah Fauben, who teaches…
3 Super Assessments to Showcase Extempore's Versatility
Ask anyone around the Extempore office, and they'll tell you it's quite frequent (almost weekly) for…
All About Vocabulary Part III: Putting Vocabulary Front and Center
Whoah, it's 2022? Happy New Year! We’ve arrived at what’s now the third installment of our…
Practical Proficiency in a Pandemic: Now What?
This blog is a supplemental resource to pair with our recent webinar, “Practical Proficiency in…
A Classroom Activity for All Three Modes of Communication: One Minute News
In this post, I take a break from our vocabulary blog series to look at a…
All About Vocabulary Part II — What Does the Research Say?
All About Vocabulary Part II — What does the research say?
Welcome to part…
Part I - Vocabulary in the Classroom: Thoughts and Strategies on Acquisition and Assessment
Part I - Vocabulary in the Classroom: Thoughts and Strategies on Acquisition and Assessment
Welcome…
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…