About our Products
Our impressive array of lesson plan books and presentational CDs are sure to meet your foreign language teaching needs. Over the years, we have created a wealth of unique,
standards-based materials that have been used and shared by thousands of Foreign Language Educators across the nation to teach
student-centered, culturally rich lessons. The products are organized below in categories relevant to your lesson
goals:
Lesson Plan Books
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced language learners will
delight in these creative and communicative project ideas. Lessons are described in detail in the Teacher Notes included
with each product, most of them using the 5-step lesson plan, the relevant foreign language standards are noted and the multiple intelligences have been addressed. We also provide easy-to-use rubrics for evaluation. All materials are photocopy-ready, and
have proven to be popular among secondary school students.
The classic "Todo lo mío" (beginning-intermediate) is available in four different languages for Teachers of Spanish, French ("Moi-même"), German ("Alles über mich"), and ELD ("All
About Me"), the latter being easily translatable into less commonly taught languages (Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Tagalog, Russian,
etc.). "Lenguaje para la vida: 1 y 2" is a collection of lessons for students in intermediate to advanced levels of foreign language study, and
comes in Spanish (in two parts) and French ("Le
Français pour la Vie"). For more details on our popular lesson plan books, please continue exploring our site!
Presentational CDs
Teachers who enjoy incorporating eye-catching, authentic visual
images into their lessons will appreciate our presentational CDs. Each one is stocked with PowerPoint presentations
that are stunning on a large screen or on individual computers, and the focus varies from cultural products and practices
to virtual travel tours and graphically enhanced grammar explanations. They have all been carefully put together
and edited by teachers who use the materials regularly in their own classrooms and travel extensively, taking the photos
themselves expressly for the purpose of teaching foreign languages, saving you countless hours of research and prep time!
They can be shown in their entirety in block schedule classes, or broken up into parts spanning across many days, and
they may be the ideal solution for those days when students' minds begin to wander (pre- or post-vacations and pep
rallies, post-AP-test, etc.) and you want to bring their attention back to foreign language with something unique, personalized, and
rich in culture and content. Both the grammar and cultural CDs include many, if not all, of the following
features:
extensive teacher notes with ideas
for how to present and vary the lessons
built-in
guided practice to engage all students in active communication
additional background information on cultural aspects
detailed explanations of grammar concepts and examples with which secondary school students can relate
ready-to-use graphic organizers for students to take notes during
the presentation
universal adaptability
to a variety of textbook-related curricula
They've been categorized
as follows, for your convenience: