Spring at the Farmers Market😍

@jeskeets.bsky.social so Coach cites Magellan, Freud, Nietzsche ...when he is not whispering haikus... who would you be citing from memory out there on the island? What would be the #NoDunks inspirational words of wisdom? #survivor50

Talking about "Wäsche waschen" in German class and I told my students I grew up in the Midwest and we said "to do the wash" in my family (not laundry). They looked at me like they had never heard this. How common is this elsewhere?! #Regionalisms #AmericanEnglish

So grateful for our year-round Farmers Market. 😍

@slayyypod.com @stacywitkowski.bsky.social
ACTFL has a free webinar (for members) "Leading the Grammar Revolution: Shifting Minds and Methods" with Catherine Ritz and Michael Travers! my.actfl.org/user/Event_D...

This was another great one! Thanks for sharing!

Speaking a foreign language with an accent is okay, because your accent is part of who you are and of your own culture.

"Something can be Linguistically simple but cognitively engaging"👏👏👏 @mmeblouwolff.bsky.social

How World Language Teaching Has Evolved | Cult of Pedagogy French class doesn't look the same as it did when you were in school. These six key shifts have changed world language instruction for the better.

A few years old but still SUCH a great interview!
Source: Cult of Pedagogy share.google/IauJDoJjjdkz...

Spring term starts tomorrow and some of our students returning from Study Abroad brought us a new Dept Mascot😂 #BernddasBrot

@jeskeets.bsky.social Jeff doing impersonations! 😂 Ok #NoBuffs, let's hear your best impersonations of your favorite survivors, this season or any season. What do you got?

@jeskeets.bsky.social
Is this a new Buff fashion move? Did the #NoBuffs guys try this one out? @nodunks.com

German instructors: join us April 8 for this great webinar sponsored by the German Special Interest Group! Free to ACTFL members!

How One College Helps Students Navigate Civil Discourse Kalamazoo College’s senior seminar teaches students to approach disagreement around political views without shutting down dialogue.

That's my colleague! @kalamazoocollege.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Gen Z thinks capital letters are just 'too intense.' And a linguist agrees. It's not about being lazy.

This is presenting a new challenge as a German teacher. Although the article does say they know how to shift in register to more formal writing....
www.upworthy.com/gen-z-calls-...

The Traitors milks art history A painting-focused challenge on the hit BBC series has caught Rakewell’s attention, and reminds us all of the pleasures of the Victorian tableau vivant

How fun would this challenge be in a language class? apollo-magazine.com/traitors-bbc...

You know you're a Lang teacher when you watch this challenge with the paintings in #TraitorsUK & #TheTraitors and all you can think about is how fun this would be in class. Group 1 reads a description and acts out a painting, Group 2 gets a photo and has to match it to the original. #langchat

‘These papers had too many memories. So I burned them’: Holocaust diaries, diarists, and their afterlives Diaries have long been considered crucial sources for documenting the fate of European Jews during the Holocaust. However, unlike retrospective accounts, Holocaust diaries are often published by in...

Thanks to Amy Simon and Hannah Holtschneider for editing the issue of "Holocaust Studies" on "Personal documents and ephemera" My article is now out: "‘These papers had too many memories. So I burned them’: Holocaust diaries, diarists, and their afterlives" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler recalling how a college writing professor pushed him to become a screenwriter & the possibility of #Sinners being taught in film curriculums someday:
“I have so much respect for professors…for dedicating their life to future generations & making sure their minds are solid.”

Who all is attending Central States this weekend? I'm looking forward to meeting other language teachers and getting some new ideas for the classroom! #CentralStates26 @cslang4all.bsky.social

Do you have a template?! Looks amazing but so much hard work!

Lucian Rothe sharing a great reading list for those looking to redesign their German programs

Webinar happening now!
Dr. Lucian Rothe sharing tips and research-informed strategies for creating strong German programs

reminder: register by Feb 10 for the webinar by Dr. Lucian Rothe, "Why Should Students Study German?". This will be a great presentation! ACTFL members can my.actfl.org/SIG_WEBINAR_....

Thank you so much Dr. Chris Hakala for the session on teaching students to read yesterday, sponsored by GLCA/GLAA Consortium for Teaching and Learning. Today I'm going to show students a page of the novel we're reading from my marked-up book. #TeachingLiterature #TeachingReading #DaF #langchat

Join us on Feb 10 for the first German SIG webinar of 2026: "Why should students study German? Research-informed strategies for revitalizing undergraduate German programs" with Prof. Lucian Rothe. Free to ACTFL members! Registration link: my.actfl.org/SIG_WEBINAR_...

looking forward to discussing truth and lies in Jurek Becker's "Jakob der Lügner" with students the next 3 weeks. An amazing work of literature. Day 1 we will dig into the complicated narrator and what it means to be a survivor storyteller.

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

This week in German class: the scene in Babylon Berlin where the chief of police says that they need to suppress demonstrations to "protect democracy". Warns about "radicals" bringing chaos to the streets, increases police presence in left-leaning areas, & passes out guns to be used ag. civilians

inspired by @slayyypod.bsky.social friends to create a little "cheat sheet" for my intermediate learners. They always struggle with the "mir" idioms and I thought we'll focus on those next week. #teachGerman #DaF #langchat