Month: June 2023

VOCES: Focusing on Short Stories in Our Story

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / June 24, 2023 /

Here is the link to my presentation: VOCES: Focusing on Short Stories in Our Story Part 1 Part 2 I hope it fills a need and you find it helpful! If you have any questions, please contact me directly at: [email protected] Thank you! Mach’s gut!

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Sense Making

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / June 16, 2023 /

Dr. Pat Brown and I continue to collaborate on ideas to how to improve education and student learning. I always enjoy working with Pat, because we bring together overlaps from the science and world language classrooms. We always look at how we can use students’ ideas about language, science, discourse, and communication to develop conceptual…

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What is Texas German?

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / June 8, 2023 /

What is Texas German? Any guesses? Is it simply Germans, who live in Texas? Or is people who speak German with a bit of a Texas accent? No! There is more to it than that. Texas German is more than just a language. It is own culture and enjoys a rich history. The Texas German…

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Entry Points into Culture

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / June 7, 2023 /

Here is the link to my presentation: Entry Points into Culture I hope it fills a need and you find it helpful! If you have any questions, please contact me directly at: [email protected] Thank you! Mach’s gut!

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Polyglots & Language – What’s the Secret?

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / June 1, 2023 /

Since I was young, I was always fascinated by people that could fluently speak multiple languages. I constantly asked myself, “How can they do that?” Then I thought, “That person must be super smart! I wish I were that smart.” As I grew, I continued to find myself interested in languages. I was always interested…

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