#204Do you have some go-to activities to motivate your students to speak and engage with the target language in your classroom?  Are you always on the lookout for activities and routines to add to your list of possibilities? In this episode, I speak with Sherry Sebesta, a French and Spanish teacher in New York. Sherry shares suggestions for getting your students speaking the target language more regularly and confidently. You’ll go away with several new things to try out right away.Topics in this Episode: Sherry's goals for language students and how speaking activities work into thishow teachers can create a classroom environment that reduces students' fear of making mistakes and promotes more speakingactivities to encourage students to speak more in the target languageexamples where Sherry's strategies have increased student speaking confidence and participation in classpractical steps to implement Sherry's speaking activities and ideas in the classroomSherry's blog post with 20 Ways to Get Your Students Speaking in the Target LanguageConnect with Sherry SebestaInstagram: @worldlangcafeFacebook:  /worldlanguagecafeX: @worldlangcafeBlog: worldlanguagecafe.comPinterest: /worldlangcafeConnect with Joshua and the World Language Classroom Community: wlclassrom.comX (aka Twitter):  @wlclassroomThreads: @wlclassroomInstagram:  @wlclassroomFacebook:  /wlclassroomWLClassroom Facebook Group__________________________Interested in having Joshua work directly with your department, school or district?  Look at options for collaborating in person or remotely.______________________________Sign up for Talking Points to get  tips, tools and resources for your language teaching.______________________________Join Joshua as a guest on the podcast.______________________________Join Joshua for a Leveling Up Coaching Episode  on the podcast.  Send me a text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast.

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