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As language teachers, we often find ourselves creating audio materials for our students. Whether it’s for listening exercises, pronunciation practice, or simply as a way to engage with the language, having high-quality audio is essential. However, it’s not always easy to find voices that sound natural and authentic. That’s why I want to recommend three […]

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Hello language teachers! As we all know, creating engaging and effective quizzes is an important part of language teaching. Quizizz is a great online tool for creating fun and interactive quizzes for your students. Did you know that you can use spreadsheets to create Quizizz quizzes? In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the

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5 tips for your first movie talk

Doing a movie talk for the first time can be very daunting! It took me a couple of tries to find out what worked best for my teaching style and the kids. No class is ever the same, so even when I have a set structure that I like to follow, I am always ready

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Last year I created this animated reading game using google slides. It is a platform-style game featuring a cute yellow cat (el gato explorador). My kids absolutely loved it! In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to animate your “characters” so you can create a game like mine 🙂 El gato explorador

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Ever since I relaunched the website a week ago (and lost all my files in the process), I have been re-uploading the posts that I believe will be most useful for you this upcoming new year.  In this post I bring you the color walk freebie! The perfect sunny day brain break. You can do

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In this Quick Tip Thursday Tutorial I will show you how to force copy a google form so others can duplicate it and edit their own versions.  STEP 1: Create the form + Click on the three dots on the right-hand side. STEP 2: Click on “Add collaborators” STEP 3: Click on  “Restricted” and choose

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Here is how to remove backgrounds using the free version of Canva! STEP 1: Open Canva and select “Create a Design” STEP 2: Click “Edit Image”  STEP 3: Click “Background Remover” and wait for the magic! STEP 4: If you need to fix any spots, click on the “restore” button and change the brush size.

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Here is how to share your google slides in presentation mode in 5 easy steps! STEP 1: Click on the share button (yellow button, right-hand corner) STEP 2: Under “General Access”, change “restricted” to “anyone with the link”.  Then hit “OK”. STEP 3: Click on Copy Link STEP 4: In your bar browser, paste the link. 

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