Klett World Languages

18/09/2025

Yes, you're teaching Spanish vocabulary, but are you really teaching Spanish?

Language and culture can't be separated–when you teach colors without cultural context, students miss the real meaning.

Carmen Reyes shares how to integrate culture naturally: connect your topic to Hispanic culture.

Teaching colors? Explore Frida Kahlo's art or alebrijes. Teaching food? Show breakfast across Spanish-speaking countries.

Also, don't just show cultural elements - let students create them. Have kids make their own alebrije and learn the tradition behind it.

Use comparisons to spark critical thinking. Photos, drawings, or Venn diagrams can help students see cultural connections.

When students understand the culture behind the language, lessons stick better and mean more.

Alba y Gael includes cultural resources for each theme, making integration seamless.

How do you bring Hispanic culture into your lessons?

17/09/2025

IPAs shift the focus from what students get wrong to what they can actually do with language. Unlike traditional tests, they assess functional language use across interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes.

The approach connects classroom learning to real-world communication while providing clear data on proficiency development. Whether you're exploring proficiency-based assessment or looking to strengthen your current practices, IPAs offer a framework grounded in ACTFL research.

Many teachers find that IPAs help students become more aware of their own language growth. The feedback process helps learners reflect on their progress along the proficiency path, building self-assessment skills that extend beyond the classroom. This ownership of learning often leads to increased motivation and more intentional language practice.

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16/09/2025

DAS REPORTERTEAM is 100% proficiency-based!

That means students always know where they stand in their learning journey. If they don’t know where they are, they can’t measure growth or see what to work on next—so DAS REPORTERTEAM makes this crystal clear.

• At the start of each unit, we outline what students will be able to do by the end.

• Each lesson begins with communicative, language, and cultural goals plus a Mini-Projekt that builds toward the final Abschlussprojekt.

• Every spread includes a can-do statement, so learners never lose track of their progress.

• Grammar and vocabulary are introduced in context—always connected to communication.

• Assessments follow the IPA model: formative Test IPAs prepare students for summative IPAs.

• At the end of the unit, students use the “My progress” self-evaluation worksheet to reflect on their growth.

With this structure, students aren’t just learning German—they’re building confidence and proficiency, step by step.

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15/09/2025

That teaching method you created that actually works? Time to share it.

EPE North Carolina 2026 is still accepting proposals.

15 Spanish educators will present their classroom innovations at Davidson College this February.

Theme: Innovation and Challenges in the AI Era

Whether you're leveraging AI tools or focusing on what technology can't teach, they want to hear your approach.

What you need:

• 300 words in Spanish about your method
• Choose your format: 20-minute session or electronic poster
• Submit by September 30, 2025

Submit your proposal today!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco3vyqkZ4nr8TG08jL04rwWCVFSutNMn6zo39bsAJjGrChYg/viewform

12/09/2025

Anyone else’s students still in ‘summer mode’? 🙋

Drop your best strategies for jumpstarting those speaking skills ⬇️

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11/09/2025

Congrats!!!

Join us as we celebrate our KWLA Teacher of Year Nominees, presented by Klett World Languages

Our nominee from Kentucky Chapter of AATSP is Aida Batiste, Spanish teacher at Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville.

Want to be the first to know who is named KWLA TOY 2025? Join us at the conference! September 13 in Lexington, KY. On-site registration begins at 8am in the Jacobs Science Building at the University of Kentucky.

11/09/2025

In remembrance of September 11, honoring lives lost and lives forever changed.

11/09/2025

Your students can read Spanish words perfectly. So why don't they understand what they just read?

Because there's a huge difference between decoding letters and actually comprehending meaning.

Carmen Reyes shows the solution: guided reading that bridges that gap.

Model the reading first, then read together while building meaning. Use gestures, change your voice, pause to explain words in context.

Then ask simple questions that repeat the input naturally: "Does Mateo see a dolphin or an elephant?"

When students hear the same content multiple ways, comprehension clicks.

ALBA Y GAEL books make this easy with simple texts and visual supports designed for guided reading. Your students will finally understand what they're reading, not just sound out words.

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10/09/2025

Coming in 2026: GIOVANI REPORTER
Finally—a complete Italian program made just for K–12!

If you’ve been piecing together videos, texts, and tasks on your own, you’re not alone. That’s why GIOVANI REPORTER is built to do the heavy lifting for you—while keeping student engagement and real-world proficiency at the core.

∙ Real Italian.
∙ Real Teens.
∙ Real Purpose.
∙ Real Tools. Real Results.

Designed for Novice to Intermediate learners, this program is packed with authentic resources, IPAs, Can-Do statements, and meaningful tasks—all in one place.

Ask your Klett World Languages rep for a preview
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09/09/2025

Real challenges need practical solutions. The team behind Das Reporterteam gets it.

German teachers juggle mixed-ability classes and endless prep time. We built Das Reporterteam from the ground up with these daily realities in mind.

Mixed classes?

We include differentiation tips, scaffolding for students who need extra help, and challenges for your quick learners. Plus visual aids throughout.

Short on prep time?

Every authentic resource has been tested by actual German teachers, so you know it works in your classroom.

Keeping students engaged?

Age-appropriate topics that connect to their world through real scenarios. We make German language and culture actually appealing to teenagers.

Das Reporterteam was created by a team of German teaching experts who understand your classroom to give you tools that actually help.

Request your free copy at this link: https://klettwl.com/support/sales-contact/?utm_source=rrss&utm_medium=linktree&utm_campaign=linktree24

08/09/2025

AATG is delighted to announce a brand-new program grant in collaboration with our Professional Partner, Klett World Languages!

The Klett World Languages Award for Innovative K–12 German Programs recognizes U.S. schools and districts that are making a real difference for German language learning. In partnership with the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), this award honors programs that spark student interest, grow enrollment, and build pathways to global citizenship.

This award is designed to highlight and support schools that bring original and creative approaches to German education, achieve measurable results in student engagement and enrollment growth, and create inclusive, accessible, and sustainable language programs.

Deadline to apply: October 6, 2025

Please visit Klett's website to learn more and apply: https://klettwl.com/klett-world-languages-award-for-innovative-k12-german-programs/