List of Free Resources
(View Complete Item Description)Updated list of free design resources for use by educators. Includes links to photo, illustration, design, and icon resources
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All resources in Pathways Project | Language Teaching Repository @ Boise State
You're invited! French, Novice Mid
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will practice accepting and/or rejecting formal invitations to an afternoon or evening together.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Genre Swap, English Foundations
(View Complete Item Description)Students will act out a popular movie trailer in the target language. Keeping with the original plot of the movie, students have to act out the trailer as if it were a different genre.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
コーヒートーク/Coffee Talk. Intermediate Mid, Japanese
(View Complete Item Description)The students will watch a comedy skit from a Japanese TV show that encourages students to think outside of the box. The students will then choose a broad topic from a list of topics and attempt to list as many things as they can regarding that topic. The most creative students will win.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Travel Agency, English Foundations, Intermediate Mid
(View Complete Item Description)This activity allows students to practice describing their ideal vacation and suggesting vacation ideas for others. Students will also practice talking about Boise
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日本昔話 / Japanese Folk Tales. Intermediate Mid, Japanese 301, Lab 10
(View Complete Item Description)Students will warm-up with practice regarding familiar fairy-tales. They will then read or watch a Japanese folk-tale and discuss the story together. They will finish with some questions that analyze the message of the story and compare the story to folk-tales from their home culture.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Remix
So Many Questions!-English Template, Novice Mid
(View Complete Item Description)This activity will help students practice initiating conversations in Spanish with someone. They will use phrases and vocabulary that will help them gather information from a person as well as giving information about themselves. Students will talk about school life, weather, and activities they enjoy.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Tones and Pronunciation, Mandarin Chinese, Novice-Low
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will practice listening comprehension and recognizing different tones in Mandarin Chinese. Students will write correct and accurate tones after listening to the instructor speak the short sentences and phrases out loud, then read back their answers to check accuracy and practice speaking with accurate tones.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Korean Patient Care Brochure
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Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Spanish Level 3, Activity 02: Repara mi tecnología / Repair my technology (Face-To-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will discuss technology. Students will also practice interacting with an employee to determine how to fix their product or obtain a new one.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Spanish Level 4, Activity 14: Preguntas Sobre Ti/ Questions About You (Face-To-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)The students will start by having a simple conversation. Then they will move into a speed dating activity. They will be using the questions that they created during the previous lab. To wrap things up they will talk about how they are going to practice their Spanish over break.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Spanish Level 1, Activity 02: Es un Placer Conocerte / It’s a Pleasure to Meet You (Face-to-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)Students will have a "Meet and Greet Party" where they will pretend to be someone else, such as "Shakira." They will practice introducing themselves, greeting others, and talking about how they feel. They will also learn greetings that are appropriate for different times of the day as well as quickly review the differences between tú and usted.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Spanish Level 1, Activity 11: ¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre? / What do you do in your free time? (Face-to-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will talk about their hobbies and what they like to do in their free time. During the warm up, a fun game will help students to review vocabulary and the main activity will provide numerous speaking opportunities.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Spanish Level 1, Activity 07: El Árbol Genealógico / Family Tree (Face-to-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)Students will practice recognizing family member terms (i.e. abuela: grandma), describe family members, and accurately use vocabulary related to families in Spanish. They will acquire information about another individual’s family and will practice describing their own and others’ family members.
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Spanish Level 2, Activity 04: La rutina diaria / Daily Routine (Face-to-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will ask their partner questions to create an appropriate schedule of activities. Students will describe their daily activities and routines. Students will learn how to describe time, activities, and days of the week. They will also learn how to ask questions regarding time and activities.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Spanish Level 2, Activity 06: Mis ingredientes y comidas favoritas / My Favorite Ingredients and Foods (Face-to-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity students will survey one another to determine how much their classmates like/dislike certain foods.
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Spanish Level 2, Activity 05: Me gusta, me encanta… / I like, I love… (Face-to-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will share their preferences based on likes and dislikes. Students will discuss their preferences on multiple different topics to include activities, food, clothing, items, etc, using complete sentences.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Remix
Spanish Level 1, Activity 10: Estás Invitado / You’re Invited (Face-to-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will practice accepting and rejecting invitations. This includes students getting the chance to create their own invitation and invite students to activities. Students will learn more about activities, parties, times, and dates in Spanish. Students will also learn how to politely accept and reject invitations. Students will also learn how to ask questions about specific information relating to parties and events.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Spanish Level 2, Activity 10: Las celebraciones y citas / Celebrations and Going on Dates (Face-to-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will discuss Spain's New Year 12 grape tradition, going on dates in their own city, and their own holiday traditions. This activity could be modified from focusing primarily on the L1 culture to the L2 culture in order to integrate more culture into the activity. This activity is more conversation based and less culture based, though it does discuss some Spanish traditions.
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Spanish Level 3, Activity 09: La Naturaleza / Nature (Face-To-Face)
(View Complete Item Description)Students will be able to exchange information about recycling, the environment, and animals around the world. Students will learn how to describe nature and explain their opinions regarding the environment. Students will also be able to communicate with others and present their opinions to the rest of the class on their ideas on nature.
Material Type: Activity/Lab