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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · Jan 11

Reporter went to Middlebury Immersion School.

"There are more francophones in Congo than in Belgium or Switzerland… If French is the language of Molière, Balzac, and Camus, it is also the language of Aimé Césaire, Léopold Senghor, and Mariama Bâ. By 2050, French could be the most spoken language…"

What I learned at French school: The future of French is African

Africa reporter Ryan Lenora Brown spruced up her French at Middlebury’s summer language school. But the most important lesson wasn’t in a dictionary.

www.csmonitor.com

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CASLT / ACPLS @caslt-acpls.bsky.social · Jan 15

In 2025, our #DiscoveringLanguages series sets off on a journey across Canada to discover languages that have a significant presence in different provinces & territories. 🌎

We start with an Indigenous language native to a special group of islands, Haida Gwaii! #langsky www.caslt.org/en/blog-disc...

Discovering Languages: Hello, Haida Gwaii! How is Your Spirit? - Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT)

In 2025, the Discovering Languages series sets off on a journey across Canada to discover languages (other than English or French) that have a significant presence in different provinces and territori...

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CASLT / ACPLS @caslt-acpls.bsky.social · Jan 15

En 2025, notre série #Découvrirleslangues se lance dans un voyage à travers le Canada pour découvrir des langues qui ont une présence importante dans une diversité de provinces & de territoires.

Nous commençons avec une langue autochtone native de Haida Gwaii! #langsky www.caslt.org/fr/blogue-de...

Découvrir les langues : Bonjour, Haida Gwaii! Comment se porte votre esprit? - Association canadienne des professeurs de langues secondes (ACPLS)

En 2025, la série Découvrir les langues se lance dans un voyage à travers le Canada pour découvrir des langues (autres que l’anglais ou le français) qui ont une présence importante dans une diversité ...

www.caslt.org

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Nancy Wise, Ph.D. @fiedconsulting.bsky.social · Nov 24

Wouldn’t it be incredible to have one place where we could all come together to chat about French immersion? Presently, we have silos: Canadian Parents for French, ACPI’s FI Administrators Zone, CASLT & Facebook groups for FI educators. I invite you to join our FI Community! bsky.app/start/did:pl...

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Diane Tijman @dtijman.bsky.social · Dec 28

Showcase meeting January 21: Retention and integration of immigrant teachers : challenges, success factors and solutions: tnfls-ntfsl.ca/en/event/ret...

Retention and integration of immigrant teachers | TNFLS

Showcase meeting 3 - Tuesday, January 21, 2025 PRESENTATIONS Integrating foreign-trained teachers: challenges, success factors and solutions to facilitate recruitment and retention. Aline Niyubahwe,...

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Lindsay Anderson @mmeanderson.bsky.social · Dec 21

FSL teachers! This series is a great way to teach several curricular competencies. It allows for fun dialogue between students who take the roll of Arlo or Pips. I use this in French 11 and yes, the big kids love it. Ps. The info learnt above crows is also awesome!

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Dec 20

Sign up now to receive your FREE class sets of our upcoming Kayak issue highlighting the Canadian experience during the Cold War 🧊🧊🥶. Also available in French. www.canadashistory.ca/education/ka... #PoliticalHistory #eduhist #canhistory #cdnhist #cdnhistory #canadianhistory

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · Dec 6

Looking for brain breaks? Check out our collection of ideas for every grade level: https://edut.to/4fXJ8ow

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Brain Breaks for Your Classroom

A collection of our popular articles and videos illuminating the benefits of taking breaks on student productivity, creativity, well-being, and more!

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🇨🇦 French Teacher Canada 🇨🇦 (she/her/elle/la) @frenchteacherca.bsky.social · Dec 17

Have used so many of Elise Gravel's free posters in my classrooms over the years. Love using them with my virutal tutoring clients, too. Such powerful visuals to each such important concepts.

Merci à @elisegravel.bsky.social

elisegravel.com/livres/affic...

#edusky #langsky #MFLBlueSKy

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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · Dec 18

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING UP ONE OF YOUR GREAT LESSONS, OR SHARING YOUR REFLECTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELA WORK IN YOUR CLASSROOM?

WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!

Email your questions and/or your writing to [email protected]

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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · Nov 28

Some of our presenters have shared their resources. Check out our Conferences page to view them for your own professional growth. bctela.ca/conferences/

Conferences - BC Teachers of English Language Arts

2024 Conference Sharing! Some of our presenters have generously shared their slides and handouts with you. Please remember that these are for your own use, not for sharing or using with a wider audien...

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · Dec 15

So instead of fighting for smaller classes and more time to plan and collaborate with actual humans, districts will jump on this as the bold, innovative solution to teacher workload, and then gradually use the "efficiencies" to ... increase teacher workload. Why are we so gullible and short-sighted

EEF: ChatGPT cuts lesson planning by nearly a third

The saved time did not come at the expense of quality, independent evaluation finds

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Catherine Ousselin @catherineousselin.bsky.social · Dec 2

#FrenchTeachers, you know that I have worked on this for over 13 years to support everyone with resources from around the Francophone world. Please share and contribute! My heart and soul need a win this week. Merci!

AATF @aatfrench.bsky.social · Dec 2

Check out the AATF's free & open Resource Depot & curated resource platforms for French teachers! #langchat
Resource Depot: resources.frenchteachers.org/shared-resou...
190 YouTube playlists: www.youtube.com/aatfrench/pl...
105 Pinterest
www.pinterest.com/aatfrench/
Wakelet
wakelet.com/@AATFrench

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Lynn Robinson @lynnlovescats.bsky.social · Nov 21

IYKYK #Frenchteachers
Source: Language Nerds

Venn diagram: cat + water = castle (say it in French to get the joke)

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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips @classtechtips.com · Dec 10

A big thank you to @alicekeeler.com for joining this week's episode of the Easy EdTech Podcast!

We talk all about #EduSky and what Bluesky can provide educators.

Check it out on the blog (there is a play button) or find it on your favorite podcast app!
classtechtips.com/2024/12/10/e...

What Educators Should Know About Bluesky with Alice Keeler - Easy EdTech Podcast 297 - Class Tech Tips

Build educators' Bluesky community with Alice Keeler! Tips on profiles, hashtags, and strategies to boost networking and professional growth

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🇨🇦 French Teacher Canada 🇨🇦 (she/her/elle/la) @frenchteacherca.bsky.social · Nov 27

Used @padlet.com to generate short texts of balanced meals from around the world for my #adulted CLIC students. Then, repurposed it for my food lessons for my beginner French students, in class and private tutoring clients.
padlet.com/FrenchTeache...
#mfl #french #frenchlessons #frenchresources

Repas équilibrés traditionnels à travers le monde

Un regard sur les plats traditionnels et culturels de 18 pays différents selon le niveau de français A1/A2 CEFR

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Paul Salmons @paulsalmons.bsky.social · Dec 4

What do we do when conspiracy theories enter the classroom? How do we help young people to think critically, evaluate evidence, and weigh truth claims?
What is the role of #HistoryEducation in fostering understanding of how we know what we know about the past?
Hope this 🧵 & resources might help.

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Carly Wenner @carlywenner.bsky.social · Dec 5

Canadian history teachers! This is a great opportunity for professional development on historical thinking. I’ve done two of their institutes in the past and they’ve provided me with fantastic resources to use in the classroom #bced

Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · Dec 4

Register for the 2025 Virtual Historical Thinking Institute (VHTI).

Seven 1.5 hour online (zoom) sessions available in English & French.

First session is January 21, 2025 (French) & January 22, 2025 (English). 7:00-8:30 pm ET.

@canadashistory.bsky.social

www.canadashistory.ca/education/pr...

Virtual Historical Thinking Institute - Canada's Historysearch-iconclosesearch-iconclose

The Virtual Historical Thinking Institute will offer an introduction to historical thinking and enhance your expertise in designing history programs, courses, units, lessons, projects, or educational ...

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Diane Tijman @dtijman.bsky.social · Dec 4

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hey #langchat friends! I made a list of people who used to be part of the Twitter langchat community. Check it out: bsky.app/profile/did:... #iTeachWL

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Denise Wagstaff @mmewagstaff.bsky.social · Nov 29

Share your favorite, preferably easy-prep, activities for language classes using dice! #langchat

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Diane Tijman @dtijman.bsky.social · Dec 2

🫶Dr. Mary Joyce Booth, a dedicated FSL educator & CPF supporter, she gave youth the chance to learn & use French her focus & made a generous gift to CPF.
🤲 You too can contribute & empower the next generation of leaders with French. #fsl #fls Visit:
🔗https://cpf.ca/en/cpf-giving-tuesday-campaign/

Diane Tijman @dtijman.bsky.social · Dec 2

🔍 Explore the CPF Magazine, a wealth of ressources just waiting to be found. #fsl

📄 Today’s featured article: La guerrière du français

🔗 cpf.ca/en/cpf-magaz...

🔍 Explorez le magazine CPF, une mine de ressources qui ne demande qu'à être découverte. #fls

CPF Magazine

Fall 2024 CPF Fall Magazine 2024 CPF Magazine Archive If you miss an issue, you miss a lot! Discover resources to support your French second language (FSL) learner, be inspired by fe...

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Canadian Linguistic { Association } canadienne de linguistique @cla-acl.bsky.social · Nov 27

Appel à communications : Congrès de l’ACL 2025 //
Call for papers: 2025 CLA conference

cla-acl.ca/news/appel-a...

#linguistics #linguistique #language #langage #langues #grammar #grammaire

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🇨🇦 French Teacher Canada 🇨🇦 (she/her/elle/la) @frenchteacherca.bsky.social · Nov 25

Finding FluentUFrench so useful for teaching all levels of French. Included this link with my Food lesson today - so happy the 🎧 audio files were embedded right in the article
fluentu.com/blog/french/...

#fsl #frenchresources

27 French Terms of Endearment | FluentU French Blog

Learn to say "my love" in French along with 27 other French terms of endearment and loving nicknames. You'll hear these phrases everywhere and they can be used for friends, family and lovers. You'll l...

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