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Transformative digital storytelling for learning languages. Open learning materials and tools for the classroom and beyond. www.fantales.eu

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FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17

Language teachers! We have a new video for you that explains how you can do FanTALES in your context at the hand of two ready-to-use lesson ideas. Find it here and get cracking!

FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · May 23

We have a new banner (long overdue 😷) for our website. 😁Let us know what you think !

FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Apr 17

Throwback to #TBLT2025: in lovely Groningen (where the seeds for FanTALES were planted in 2014), @meryenda.bsky.social and @fcornillie.bsky.social playfully shared three of our lesson ideas and materials for teaching English and Spanish with fanfiction. What a great audience! DM us for the slides

FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Apr 3

Typo! #TBLT2025 And a spoiler alert for the talk: come find out who got killed at the conference dinner, and why 😵🕵️🍷🔪😎

FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Apr 3

👋 #TLBT2025 participants on Bluesky: come find @fcornillie.bsky.social and @meryenda.bsky.social play around with our ideas and materials for teaching with fanfiction in English and Spanish language contexts! Tomorrow at 9:50 in room 1312.0025 with @matthewpattemore.bsky.social as session chair ❤️

FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Apr 3

👋 #TLBT2025 participants on Bluesky: come find @fcornillie.bsky.social and @meryenda.bsky.social play around with our ideas and materials for teaching with fanfiction in English and Spanish language contexts! Tomorrow at 9:50 in room 1312.0025 with @matthewpattemore.bsky.social as session chair ❤️

FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17

Byebye Twitter, hello Bluesky! We have copied over some of our older tweets here, and will be posting new content only on Bluesky as we go forward.

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FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17

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Hogwarts WiFi Passwords Let’s get real, it’s a school filled with wizards and controlled by wizarding adults. The Hogwarts Wifi password would be “password.” At best, it would be “hogwarts.” But as...

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FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17

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Center for Language and Technology

Presenter: Dr. Richard Medina, CLT Assistant Faculty Specialist in Human-Computer Interaction In this workshop, Dr. Richard Medina will demonstrate two kinds of language interaction activities stru...

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FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17

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Introduction to Multilingual Storytelling

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Epos quality label for good practice – FanTALES

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FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17

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A quick dive into FanTALES for teachers

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FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17

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FanTALES: transformative digital storytelling for learning languages

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FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17

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How Fan Fiction Inspires Kids to Read and Write and Write and Write | KQED

For many students, writing can be tedious, especially after years of boring grammar, spelling and structure drills. But for kids who have discovered fan fiction, writing about something they’re alread...

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Eurocall Workshop 2020

FanTALES - getting ready for multilingual interactive fanfiction in the language classroom Judith Buendgens-Kosten (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) Frederik Cornillie (KU Leuven) Shannon Sauro (Universi...

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FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17

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<em>Foreign Language Annals</em> | ACTFL Lanugage Teaching Journal | Wiley Online Library

Understanding and connecting with affinity spaces, more specifically fandom, offers immense potential and many challenges for educators. When used well, it can connect language to other endeavors and...

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FanTALES @fantales.bsky.social · Nov 17