The Comprehensible Classroom

Martina Bex, Elicia Cárdenas, and friends have been having a blast making informal videos to address many of the most important questions and issues in world language classrooms.  


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Summer SOMOS Fun Club, Summer 2019


Mindsets for success

Unit Overview (SOMOS original)

Assessment Hacks and Hope: What to expect from SOMOS

Teaching with Novels, with special guests from Fluency Matters

Story Asking

Not Storyasking

Interactive-ish Notebooks

Classroom Management with Alyssa Campbell


Stay-at-home Fun Club, Spring and Summer 2020

 (st)Rip Bingo and Language Uptake

 Reading Strategies for Engaging the Whole Group

Language Acquisition Trivia Game and Distance Learning Model

Question Lab: Processing Questions

Classroom Tour! 

Building (and using) a Classroom Library

Big ideas for Distance Learning 

Setting up for Synchronous Storyasking 

Connecting with Students of Color with John Bracey

Unboxing a Flex Unit

Virtual Assessment: What Works 

First Day Demo


Simplify to Connect: Summer Fun Club 2021

Understanding and Using Inclusive Language with Abelardo Almazán-Vázquez

Staying True to You

Foundational Beliefs for Comprehension-Based teaching

Getting Buy-in for your language program from stakeholders






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