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Growing With Proficiency The Podcast
Welcome to Growing With Proficiency: The Podcast! Are you a World Language teacher who is looking for ideas, strategies, activities, and inspiration to create a World Language class where you and your students enjoy using the language to learn about the world and each other? Do you want to transform your class into an acquisition-driven instruction space where you intentionally provide a ton of comprehensible input?
If you are, you're in the right place.
Let's start this journey together. Head over to IG, and send me a DM @claudiamelliott to let me know what topics you would like me to cover in an upcoming episode.Join my free Facebook community, Growing With C. Also, check out my blog to start discovering some of these ideas and strategies at growingwithproficiency.com
Growing With Proficiency The Podcast
Episode 128: Your Ultimate Plan for the First Day Back: Build Connections, Inspire Resolutions, and Foster Communication
Start the year grounded in what truly matters. In this episode, I’m sharing my first-day-back lesson plan that focuses on my three pillars: staying comprehensible, building connections, and fostering communication. These pillars keep us centered on our ultimate goal: facilitating meaningful language acquisition while creating a classroom where students feel seen and inspired.
It’s so easy to get distracted by flashy activities or trends, but this episode is all about grounding ourselves in strategies that work and staying intentional as we begin the semester.
Highlights you’ll love:
- 🌟 How to use check-ins to connect with your students’ emotions and goals for the new year.
- 📚 A simple, impactful reading activity centered around New Year’s resolutions.
- 🗓️ Calendar talk that integrates personal and cultural relevance.
- 🎤 STAR student interviews to spark authentic communication.
- 📝 Write-and-Discuss techniques to model and support student writing.
Resources mentioned:
- Episode 126: Insights from Juliana Urtubey on the framework of Joy and Justice in education.
- Episode 50: Exploring Hexagonal Thinking with Bertha Delgadillo to foster deeper student connections.
- Free Master Class: “5 Game-Changing Twists for Your Favorite CI Activities to Keep Students Engaged”
👉 Sign up at growingwithproficiency.com/engage25.
Let’s start 2025 strong with clarity, purpose, and impactful strategies. Press play and join me in creating a semester grounded in connection and communication. 🎧
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