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		<title>13 Tech Picks for The Remote World Language Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 15:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finally, the first semester is officially behind us and we’re already in the midst of our long-awaited holiday break.&#160; For most teachers, these next few weeks will be a much-needed vacation from the sleepless nights, the daily mental breakdowns, the unrealistic expectations, and the unsustainable work pace. For the first time in my career, I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Improve World Language Education</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Ford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2020 16:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s been roughly six weeks since my school district closed as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.&#160; As the first few days and weeks unfolded, my email inbox swelled with a mad surge of posts from fellow teachers around the globe whom I follow on social media.&#160; They graciously offered advice on how to adjust [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What is ACTFL?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Ford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ACTFL is the acronym for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.&#160; This professional organization is well known and well respected by world language educators, scholars, education administrators and government officials.&#160;&#160; Since its inception in 1967 ACTFL has been at the forefront of innovation with regard to Best Practices for teaching world languages.&#160; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Experimenting with Free Voluntary Reading: First Semester Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2020 18:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last April I attended a Bryce Hedstrom workshop and it was nothing short of mind-blowing, as he presented one amazing comprehensible input strategy after another.&#160; When the day ended, my mind was pulsating with new ideas for my classroom, but there was one idea in particular that screamed at me to give it a try: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Aftermath: Spain and Morocco</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Ford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2019 04:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I wrote this, I had recently returned to the US and was in the comfort of my own home recuperating from a ten-day trip that began in Barcelona and ended in Morocco.&#160; Let me start by saying that I had a fabulous time with my five students, however, this was my first trip abroad [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pre Travel Excitement: Spain and Morocco</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I was a high school student, some thirty-plus years ago, my Spanish teacher lead a trip to Spain and Morocco. &#160;Though I desperately wanted to go and experience all the history, geography and culture that I had been studying in books, I was ultimately not amongst the small group that ventured across the pond. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Taking The Dive Into CI</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Ford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Countdown As the school year quickly winds down, I can’t help but look forward to the next one with much anticipation and excitement. &#160;Yeah, it sounds crazy I know, because so many of us are beyond exhausted, expending our energy to motivate apathetic students who have been bitten by the Spring Fever bug and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Great Reasons Why You Should Use Bell-Ringer Activities</title>
		<link>https://www.enlanguages.com/434/5-great-reasons-why-you-should-use-bell-ringer-activities/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Ford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During my twenty-four years of teaching, I had heard the term &#8220;bell-ringer&#8221; tossed around from time-to-time, but I had never really been compelled to learn more about it until last year, when I took a new job teaching at a public high school where bell-ringer activities were strongly encouraged, especially for those over achiever type [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thirteen Noteworthy World Language Quotes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Ford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago, the headmaster of my school charged teachers with choosing subject-specific quotes that would be inscribed above the classroom doors of our new middle school building. What a great idea, I thought, until the moment arrived when I had to locate those inspirational words that would embody the essence of what it means [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Origin of Puerto Ricans</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Ford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is a neat graphic organizer that I received in one of my graduate classes sometime during the 1990s. &#160;It illustrates the ancestry of the three major blood lines which form the Puerto Rican race : Taino Indian, Spanish and Black. Origin of Puerto Ricans When Christopher Columbus reached Puerto Rico in 1493, he encountered [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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