Archive for August, 2020
CL-150 Cohort lessons in 15, 30, or 45 minutes Posted by meaghan on Aug 19, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, New in CL-150 Cohorts

When you open a CL-150 Cohort lesson and there are 15+ activities. ?? CL-150 Cohort lessons are designed to take two or more hours to complete, hence the long activity list! To fight language attrition, many USG language programs require at least two hours of weekly learning time, so a two-hour lesson is a one-stop-shop…
Make social media time worth your time. Posted by meaghan on Aug 5, 2020 in For Learners

Language “maintenance” involves more than holding on to what you already know. Languages are constantly changing, and you need to keep up to stay current and effective. In German, for example, Hamsterkauf (literally “hamster buying”) showed up recently to describe pandemic-induced panic buying, as did “Coronaspeck” as a name for the weight gained during quarantine…