A blog to remember about Teaching Core French

http://https://fleavecmmed.com/10-mistakes-i-made-as-a-first-year-core-french-teacher/ 

Summary of Mistakes:

  1. THE FRENCH GRAMMAR OBSESSION

  2. REPEATING THE EXACT SAME TEACHING PRACTICES I HAD OBSERVED AS A CORE FRENCH STUDENT

  3. USING OUTDATED FRENCH TEXTBOOKS

  4. TOO MANY FRENCH WORKSHEETS

  5. FOCUSING MORE ON WRITING THAN READING AND SPEAKING FRENCH

  6. NOT PRIORITIZING HAVING FUN IN FRENCH CLASS

  7. MY EXPECTATIONS WERE HIGHER THAN MY STUDENTS’ ABILITIES

  8. FRANCOPHONE CULTURES WERE THE SIDE DISH INSTEAD OF THE MAIN MEAL

  9. RUSHING FROM ASSESSMENT TO ASSESSMENT

  10. I WASN’T LOVING WHAT I WAS TEACHING AND HOW I WAS TEACHING FRENCH