Last Updated on 2019-04-15 We are happy to announce that Extempore users can now access content at Teacher’s Discovery! The Oral Assessments for Extempore from Teacher’s Discover are great if you’re looking for something new for your language classroom. Currently there are 10 content groups available. However, they are designed for Spanish instruction with more[…]
As a teacher myself, I’ll start this one off with a short story about an experience I had in my classroom. I recently walked into one of my classes about 5 minutes early, and there were about 20 students there already. They all had their eyes down, staring at their phone screens. I walked in[…]
Last Updated on 2019-04-23 If you teach a language and your institution uses Canvas, you can now integrate Extempore assessments into Canvas directly. Starting today, your school’s Canvas Admin can request a Consumer Key and Shared Secret to connect both platforms. This integration allows you to connect an Extempore Assessment to a[…]
Last Updated on 2019-01-09Extempore is a speaking practice app that provides an oral language assessment tool for teachers (and some added bonuses for parents & students as well). If your child has a teacher that has decided to use Extempore in class, first of all, it means they seriously care about their students’ speaking skills.[…]
The atmosphere of a language class can be heavily influenced by how excited the students are to learn, engage, and progress. If students are unengaged or fearful, you may be working with a very quiet or even potentially hostile classroom with kids teasing each other or choosing not to speak. If you have students that[…]
We hear this question sometimes: you are using Extempore as a language lab alternative, assigning oral homework and doing oral exams on it. You’ve set up really good questions, with timers and one-attempt parameters. You are saving a lot of time, enjoying grading on your couch with a nice glass of Pinot Noir instead of[…]
Last Updated on 2018-12-13If you are a language teacher who has decided to incorporate Extempore into your classroom, congratulations! You are about to embark on a journey that is going to save you time and energy while also engaging your students in more speaking exercises than ever before in your classroom. You will find that[…]
Last Updated on 2018-12-12 Extempore is proud to support the 5th Chinese Innovation Forum, a two-day conference (Oct 25-26, 2019) hosted by the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. The Forum is a new initiative, spearheaded by a group of K-16 educators, whose objectives are to jumpstart the conversation on Chinese language and culture[…]
