Showcase a Reader or Book: Submission for a Featured Blog

Turning the calendar to a new year, I’ve been reflecting on my professional journey. I reflected on the good, the not-so-good, personal growth, and challenges. Looking back over the years, I realized that one of my goals throughout my professional journey has remained constant: to stay involved, give back to educators, and create material that better serves our students.

I also sincerely believe that teachers sharing their knowledge, resources, and successes is one of the greatest ways that we can support each other and our students.

That’s why I am excited to open up a space where educators – like you – can showcase a reader or book with this audience! (It can be your own reader or book, or any author’s reader or book!)

Read on for more information!

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Share a Reader or Book with Our Audience!

• Do you use a reader in the classroom that engages and resonates with your students? (Classroom Reader for Students)

• Do you know of a book that you believe can help educators? (Personal / Professional Growth Book for Educators)

Again, I am excited to open this blog to sharing effective content that supports world language instruction and education — and I’d love to hear from you!

If you’d like a reader or book featured on this blog, here’s your chance!

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Submission Details

To be considered for a feature, please submit the following:
(An example is given at the bottom of the post.)

1. About You: Tell us a little about yourself (even if you are not the author)
   • You can just share your name, but if you would like you may also share a bit about your teaching background, and any relevant experiences as an educator.
     • I would like to share who made the submission with the audience.
       
2. Resource Overview: Provide the name of author and a brief, engaging description of the reader or book.
   • See example below.
     
3. Where to Purchase:
   • Important: Include a link where others can buy or access the work. (Amazon is okay!)
   • Also, if a picture of the book does not appear on the purchase page, please include a link to picture of the book (so I can include it in the feature blog post.)
     
4. Further Insights: Explain how this reader or book supports language acquisition, intercultural competence, classroom engagement, and/or educator growth.

• You can also share your experience that you had with your students while using this reader in class. (Or, how a book impacted/helped you personally or professionally.)

• Please note: If you have a write up or further insights to the work on your (or another) website, please include that also!

Important Notes

• Selection Process: Submissions will be reviewed to ensure they are appropriate and align with the needs and interests of the world language education community. Please note that all submissions may not be featured.
  
• Content: Please give credit, where credit is due.
  • You may submit your own book and/or readers – that’s okay!
    • Or you may submit the work of any author.
  • One submission at a time! (You may submit more than one, but please only one reader or book per submission!)
  • Also, be sure that that description is authentic and a real representation of the work!

Submit Your Work

Please email your submission to:

[email protected] with the subject line “World Language Resource Submission”

Or, submit it over the contact form on my website: https://eric-richards.com/contact

Thank you for your dedication to world language education! Let’s continue to work together to highlight resources and support one another!

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EXAMPLE SUBMISSION:

1. About You: (the person making the submission)
   Eric Richards / German language educator / 20+ years in education / High School – Levels 1-4.
   • Feel free to share more about yourself in the section!
     
2. Das Dokument / El documento – by Eric Richards
   Both German and Spanish versions are available:
   
   • Henri meets his cousin, Karla, at a café. After she leaves, Henri finds a flash drive on the floor under the table. Thinking it belongs to Karla, he takes it and returns it to her. Karla soon discovers that the flash drive does not belong to her. She also discovers an encrypted document on the flash drive. After hacking the document, Karla knows that she and Henri have a problem. What she doesn’t know is there is a man following them – a man who is determined to get that flash drive back.
   • (If you can provide the following information, please do. But if not, no worries!)
     • Level 1 (A1/A2)
     • Total Words: 2,700
     • Unique Words: 100
     • Glossary: Yes
     • Comprehension Questions: Yes
     • Illustrations: Yes
     • Color: Yes
3. https://vocesunplugged.com/collections/eric-richards-readers
4. Further Insights:
   • Das Dokument / El documento is a chapter book written for beginning / A1 language learners. It incorporates thematic vocabulary, embedded elements, dialogue and a glossary. It also includes comprehension questions to give learners more repetition with the structures and vocabulary found in the chapters.
   • The book can be effectively implemented with a variety of teaching styles, including: CI/ADI, traditional, communicative, thematic, TPRS, and others. It is also designed to help facilitate read-alouds, sustained silent readings, free voluntary reading, personalization, interaction and more.
   • This book is the first book in the series and my students really enjoy reading this book. Not only do they ask if we are reading it that day in class, they ask when we are reading the second book! Lots of excitement and engagement in class with this book!