In-person learning, hybrid teaching, social and emotional support, and more! How could teachers add one more thing to their plates?! These were all the thoughts… Read More »How LUV Became a Game Changer for My Students
As language teachers, how often have you heard or espoused the now-hackneyed idea that students finally learn the grammar of their native language when they… Read More »Improving Cultural Competency Series: Starting at Home
I am always surprised by the challenges students face as their demeanors and habits change from year to year, while my ossified teacher-self relatively stays… Read More »The Single Greatest Obstacle to a Virtual Exchange
You’ve successfully wrapped up your virtual exchange. The kids now follow their exchange student-partner on social media, they promise they’ll write to one another regularly… Read More »Expanding the Partnership: Combining Cross-Curricular Activities and Virtual Exchanges
“Can I say this picture is Lit AF?” a student asks me. He shows me the picture: it’s him at thirteen or fourteen years old… Read More »Using Colloquialisms and Internet Speak in Virtual Exchanges
What are the current questions, issues, and developments surrounding virtual exchanges with regards to global education? What better way to find out than visiting the… Read More »Lessons Learned at the Global Education Benchmark Group Annual Conference
For three gorgeous April days in sunny San Diego, an assortment of teachers, school administrators, trip organizers, visual storytellers, and the who’s who in Global… Read More »Level Up Village at the Global Educators Benchmark Group Annual Conference
Culture is an essential component of language learning. Language is culture, and culture is language. The two are inextricably interconnected. Teachers know that teaching a… Read More »Fostering Your Language Students’ Cultural Competency through Peer-to-Peer Communication: Introducing LUV Global Connections
So, you’re about to start a virtual exchange with your class. Have you considered everything? Of course you have, but like anything else in education,… Read More »Virtual Exchanges: Do’s and Maybe Not’s
Kids meeting for the first time as part of an exchange can often feel like a forced interaction and prove very awkward to watch. One… Read More »How to Make Exchanges Less Awkward and More Meaningful
