Languages Lesson Plans

Students are engaged in using foreign languages in meaningful situations. They encounter a deeper sensitivity of cultural differences. They question how using multimedia technology enhances the learning experience and delivery of instruction.

In this lesson learners explore popular music from the culture of the foreign language they are learning. In this foreign language lesson, learners choose a song and create a cloze activity with the lyrics written in the corresponding language. Songs are performed as lip sync while classmates complete the missing words on the lyrics cloze worksheet.

Students transcribe lyrics to songs that are written in a foreign language and write a cloze activity that classmates will complete. They study authentic cultural music genres and language skills while performing karaoke.

Students transcribe the lyrics of a song in a foreign language and use the lyrics to create a cloze activity.

In this lesson learners do a reading in Spanish that discusses the products of the Rain Forest that are commonly used in the household. They research other products that are commonly used. This lesson is designed to be a part of a reading lesson in Spanish with the idea if making connections as stated in the Foreign Language Standards.

In this lesson students discover a foreign language. In this foreign language lesson, students use the website www.theLanguageBear.com and investigate vocabulary words from a different language.

In this lesson learners demonstrate basic foreign language vocabulary by naming various dinner table utensils. Using construction paper as placemats, they glue plastic utensils to it as the teacher calls out the items in the foreign language.

Students create lesson plans for their foreign language classroom using the internet. They develop scenarios that will enable their students to become involved with the lesson such as to make a travel brochure.

Students practice reading and writing a foreign language by transcribing lyrics and creating a cloze activity for their classmates to complete. They also have opportunities to speak and listen to the language as their classmates "perform" the songs. And they study about the culture of the country as they research the music and artist.

In this lesson students research careers that require proficiency in a foreign language. In this lesson students create a PowerPoint presentations that includes the pros and cons of the career,any special challenges for the foreign language speaker, and why they chose the career to research.