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Idioma Star Newsletter - October 2026

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Travel with Idioma and Hummingbird

Idioma is teaming up with Hummingbird Student Tours for the Pura Vida Educator Experience in Costa Rica! Discover how world language educators can combine immersion travel, authentic Spanish instruction, and culture with 3 graduate-level credits from SNHU.

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Introducing: The Idioma Store

We’re celebrating the launch of the official Idioma Store with free merch! Discover how you can claim a free tote, tumbler, or mug with your Fall course registration.

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Idioma Star Newsletter - Back to School 2026

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Idioma Star Newsletter - June 2026

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Idioma Star Newsletter - May 2026

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Elisa Kirschhoffer Elisa Kirschhoffer

Building Communicators, Not Calculators: Shifting Toward the Communicative Approach in the World Language Classroom

Why is it that students can conjugate complex verbs on a Friday test but struggle to carry on a simple conversation by Monday? We’ve all had those conversations with former students who remember how to ask for the bathroom but nothing from their grammar tables. Discover why your students' brains are actually working exactly as they should, and how shifting to a communicative approach can turn those "memorized rules" into lifelong language skills.

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Elisa Kirschhoffer Elisa Kirschhoffer

Exploring the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages: Cultures

Is your culture curriculum stuck at the "food and festivals" level? This guide explores how to integrate the ACTFL Cultures Standard into daily instruction. Learn practical strategies to shift from teaching "what" people do to "why" they do it, using inquiry-based questions, authentic resources, and perspective-taking tasks that build both proficiency and empathy.

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Elisa Kirschhoffer Elisa Kirschhoffer

Idioma Star Newsletter - March 2026

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Idioma Star Newsletter - February 2026

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