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Learn how you can “Prevent Proficiency Loss” at ACTFL 2019! Posted by meaghan on Nov 4, 2019 in News and Events
Without a structured sustainment routine, language students will steadily lose proficiency that took months or even years to build. But what is a “structured sustainment” routine? Is it really possible to support and enforce sustainment across a workforce of dozens or hundreds of learners? That’s what we’ll be discussing in our presentations at ACTFL 2019…
New in the CL-150: Daily Refresher Browser Notifications Posted by meaghan on Oct 23, 2019 in For Learners, For Program Managers, New in Learned Vocab
Your inbox is overflowing and your phone is buzzing all day long. We dislike unwanted communication too, but we love that today’s tech is so good at getting us the gentle reminders, nudges, notifications that we do want. For language professionals trying to maintain proficiency on the job, that should include the Daily Refresher—now available…
CL-150 Cohorts were designed for on-the-job language maintenance. What are they doing in the classroom? Posted by meaghan on Oct 15, 2019 in For Instructors
If you are a USG professional maintaining language proficiency on the job, CL-150 Cohort weekly lesson streams were designed for you. But if you’re a language instructor, Cohort lessons might be right for you, too! Each CL-150 Cohort lesson is a 2-hour language “workout” at a given ILR level, based on an authentic source covering…
CL-150 Cohort Lesson of the Month – September 2019 Posted by meaghan on Sep 30, 2019 in Cohort Lesson of the Month, For Learners, For Program Managers
As of September 2019, there are more than 7,870 Cohort lessons published in the CL-150—and counting. Let’s take a look at one lesson each month to find out how language professionals are maintaining proficiency on the job with Cohorts. What are CL-150 Cohorts? If you’re not familiar, CL-150 Cohorts are weekly lesson streams designed specifically…
CL-150 Lesson Authoring Tips: Creative Uses of Slide Show Posted by meaghan on Sep 19, 2019 in For Instructors, Lesson Authoring Tips
As the CL-150’s Lesson Authoring tool continues to evolve, the more possibilities you have when creating your language lessons. To help you make the most of those possibilities, we’re tapping the collective expertise and creativity of the CL-150 instructor community in a series of Lesson Authoring tips. With more than 25 learning activities (and growing)…
Cohort Tips: Enrolling in the Appropriate Level Posted by meaghan on Jul 23, 2019 in For Learners, For Program Managers, New in CL-150 Cohorts
Enhancing or even just maintaining language proficiency can be challenging, but it should never be boring. CL-150 Cohorts provide subscribers with a weekly two-hour language “workout” based on current events in the target language, at target proficiency level. But what level Cohort is right for you? How do Cohort lessons differ by level? Before you can choose…
Why focus on vocabulary? Posted by meaghan on May 29, 2019 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, Pedagogy
“Why do you focus so much on vocabulary in your language platforms?” We get that question a lot, and it’s a more interesting question than you might think. We focus on language proficiency, which is largely made up of two things: vocabulary (declarative knowledge) and skills like pronunciation, grammar, structure, automaticity (procedural knowledge).[1] The CL-150 Platform and Transparent…