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Mar Clavijo
Copywriter. Content Creator. Spanish Native Certified Tutor. TEFL Certified. 10 years Tutoring Adults experience. Kurai Profe Mar on Youtube. Musician. Self-taught English, Japanese and Russian learner.
    👍 Using ChatGPT & AI in your Language Classroom 💡

    👍 Using ChatGPT & AI in your Language Classroom 💡

    We’re living in a brave new world. ChatGPT was just released last fall, and it has brought some new challenges for us as language teachers. Student’s are using it to write essays and, in some cases, outright cheat on assignments 😨 So we cannot help thinking: Is AI...

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 6

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 6

    6th edition 🌐🎉 Let's explore these handpicked web wonders for Language Teachers like you: 🧡 3 Safe Ways to Integrate AI into Your Language Classroom 🤖 ACTFL statement, students and their phones in the classroom and oral communicative performance - Top Articles 📰 What...

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 5

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 5

    💻📚 Uncovered digital gems just for you: 🙀 Is Your Fear Of AI Holding You Back? ⛔ Gender-inclusive teaching methods, ​EFL novice teachers’ professional development and more on New Research 🔬 Check out these 5 Cool Resources 🛠️ 🙀 Is Your Fear Of AI Holding You Back? ⛔...

    🙀 Is Your Fear Of AI Holding You Back? ⛔

    🙀 Is Your Fear Of AI Holding You Back? ⛔

    Is fear of AI keeping you from becoming the best language teacher you could be? Most don’t want to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI). Language teachers fear they’re getting replaced. But integrating is not the same as getting replaced. Since the time has come to...

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 4

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 4

    Hello, dear language instructor! 🌟 🌐 These web delights await you: 🧐 Is It Irresponsible To Auto-grade Speaking Assessments? 🔍 Speaking and Listening practice on Youtube 🎦 Dual-language models debate in Arizona schools and more on Twitter 🐦   🧐 Is It...

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 3

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 3

    🌐 Let's dive into these curating web wonders for Language Instructors like you! ⚠️ Are You Biased When Giving Feedback To Students? 🗣️ Most relevant News on World Languages education 📰 Safe West Virginia University World Language Program and more on Twitter 🐦  ...

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 2

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 2

    Hi, dear language teacher! This is the current buzz among language educators on the internet: 🕰️ Spending too much time creating Speaking activities? 🗣️ 🔬 Research papers on the teacher's role, multilingualism and more! 🙋 Interesting questions from colleagues and...

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 1

    Language Teachers Unite Newsletter Vol. 1

    Hi, dear language teacher! Here's whats going on around the web amongst language instructors this week: 🌐 World Quotient In Language Teaching 🧑‍🏫 Trending Videos on Youtube 🎦 What are language teachers tweeting? 🐦   🌐 World Quotient In Language Teaching 🧑‍🏫 As...

    El Coeficiente Global En La Enseñanza De Idiomas

    El Coeficiente Global En La Enseñanza De Idiomas

    Read in English here. Ludwig Wittgenstein una vez dijo: “Los límites de mi lenguaje representan los límites de mi mundo”. Y el Coeficiente Global (World Quotient - WQ por sus siglas en inglés) es la habilidad para ver el mundo a través de los ojos de otra persona 👀...

    World Quotient In Language Teaching

    World Quotient In Language Teaching

    Lee en español aquí. As Ludwig Wittgenstein once said: "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." And World Quotient (WQ) is the ability to see the world through someone else’s eyes 👀 Did you know that, as a language teacher, you help students to expand...

    Guide to Creating Engaging Speaking Assignments

    Guide to Creating Engaging Speaking Assignments

    When we create speaking assignments for our students, we often focus on communicative goals like being informative or persuasive. However, to make our speaking assignments even more effective, let's dive deeper into the target language system. By concentrating on...

    Creating Speaking Assignments with Purpose

    Creating Speaking Assignments with Purpose

    Para leer en español, haz click aquí. As language teachers and tutors, we tend to relate any Speaking Assignment purpose to a communicative goal (informative or persuasive). However, it has more to do with identifying the gears that make up the target language system...

    Spanish Vowel U Hack (⏳ in 2 minutes)

    Spanish Vowel U Hack (⏳ in 2 minutes)

    https://youtu.be/XrCOpV5ugr4 🔗 🗣 Click here so you can practice Speaking now!   More Quick Pronunciation Lessons! 🔊 Spanish Vowel A ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel E ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel I ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel O ▶️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More about Profe Mar Happy...

    Spanish Vowel O (⏳ in less than 3 minutes)

    Spanish Vowel O (⏳ in less than 3 minutes)

    https://youtu.be/syba6TnlQBY 🔗 🗣 Click here so you can practice Speaking now!   More Quick Pronunciation Lessons! 🔊 Spanish Vowel A ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel E ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel I ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel U ▶️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More about Profe Mar Happy...

    Spanish Vowel I Hack (⏳ in 2 minutes)

    Spanish Vowel I Hack (⏳ in 2 minutes)

    https://youtu.be/tp5-4-JenL4 🔗 🗣 Click here so you can practice Speaking now!   More Quick Pronunciation Lessons! 🔊 Spanish Vowel A ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel E ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel O ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel U ▶️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More about Profe Mar Happy...

    Spanish Vowel E Hack (⏳ in less than 2 minutes)

    Spanish Vowel E Hack (⏳ in less than 2 minutes)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-fHRGmpek 🔗 🗣 Click here so you can practice Speaking now!   More Quick Pronunciation Lessons! 🔊 Spanish Vowel A ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel I ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel O ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel U ▶️   Happy learning! 🤓...

    Spanish Vowel A Hack (⏳ in less than 2 minutes)

    Spanish Vowel A Hack (⏳ in less than 2 minutes)

    https://youtu.be/0C5geXMZz1I 🔗 🗣 Click here so you can practice Speaking now: More Quick Pronunciation Lessons! 🔊 Spanish Vowel E ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel I ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel O ▶️ 🔊 Spanish Vowel U ▶️   Happy learning! 🤓 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More about...

    A Practical Approach to Teaching Vocabulary

    A Practical Approach to Teaching Vocabulary

    This is one of the questions we, Spanish teachers, naturally ask ourselves, especially when starting the process of teaching Spanish to our students. We may instinctively tend to prioritize the teaching of grammar in order to construct sentences correctly; however,...

    ¿Qué Vocabulario debería empezar a enseñar?

    ¿Qué Vocabulario debería empezar a enseñar?

    Esta es una de las preguntas que nosotros, los profesores de Español (tanto tutores privados como de escuela) naturalmente nos hacemos, sobretodo al iniciar el proceso de aprendizaje de este idioma en nuestros estudiantes. Puede que, instintivamente tendamos a darle...