Maris Hawkins
@marishawkins.bsky.social
Elementary and middle school Spanish teacher, Love to read and cook, Co-author Common Ground SLA Theory Goes to the Classroom 📕
As someone who is a huge Trader Joe’s fan, I was complimented on my choices. And I can’t think of a better compliment 😂
June 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
As someone who is a huge Trader Joe’s fan, I was complimented on my choices. And I can’t think of a better compliment 😂
So I love using student actors. But it has gone bad in the past- so bad. But today I remembered that when it is good- it is so fun. ❤️
May 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So I love using student actors. But it has gone bad in the past- so bad. But today I remembered that when it is good- it is so fun. ❤️
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Started reading a novel with my students and used this idea from @marishawkins.bsky.social - do a dictation with sentences about the day’s chapter. After correcting, have students mark whether or not they think it happens in the chapter! Then after reading, revisit their predictions. Worked great!
May 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Started reading a novel with my students and used this idea from @marishawkins.bsky.social - do a dictation with sentences about the day’s chapter. After correcting, have students mark whether or not they think it happens in the chapter! Then after reading, revisit their predictions. Worked great!
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You may find this interesting #langchat and #edusky.
I tried to deconstruct what I consider to be realistic and attainable micro-practices (before, during, and after class) of successful students in my classes. Intention is to be clear regarding expectations and encourage successful habits. 1/3
I tried to deconstruct what I consider to be realistic and attainable micro-practices (before, during, and after class) of successful students in my classes. Intention is to be clear regarding expectations and encourage successful habits. 1/3
May 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
CAPS (Capital Area Progressive Schools) conference today! And I am most excited to hear from @ltalusan.bsky.social ! Here’s to a day filled with learning and collaboration 😍
April 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
CAPS (Capital Area Progressive Schools) conference today! And I am most excited to hear from @ltalusan.bsky.social ! Here’s to a day filled with learning and collaboration 😍
When you find a huge bug in your classroom and get rid of it before your second grade class arrives- that makes you feel like a master teacher 😂
April 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
When you find a huge bug in your classroom and get rid of it before your second grade class arrives- that makes you feel like a master teacher 😂
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She also shouted out our episode, which you can find here:
www.buzzsprout.com/2388349/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2388349/epis...
Ep. 17: SLAyyy An Effective Long-Term Language Program - SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone
GaslightCourse-End ExamsVertical Alignment - To University and BeyondUnderstanding Ordered DevelopmentSetting Realistic GoalsGatekeep - Gombert, W., Keijzer, M., & Verspoor, M. (2024). Long-term e...
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April 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
She also shouted out our episode, which you can find here:
www.buzzsprout.com/2388349/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2388349/epis...
Thanks to @spsmith45.bsky.social I added this post about more research out of the Netherlands comparing a more proficiency based approach with a traditional approach: marishawkins.wordpress.com/2025/04/11/h...
Hot Take: Checking the research II
Even though I was going to continue to write some other posts, Steve Smith shared this study (Long-term effects of structure-based versus dynamic usage-based instructional programs for French by Go…
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April 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Thanks to @spsmith45.bsky.social I added this post about more research out of the Netherlands comparing a more proficiency based approach with a traditional approach: marishawkins.wordpress.com/2025/04/11/h...
Enjoyed myself immensely!!! Thank you for having me and putting on such a great conference!!!
A great day was had by all! Thank you @marishawkins.bsky.social for a great keynote and thank you @nectfl.bsky.social for joining us!
March 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Enjoyed myself immensely!!! Thank you for having me and putting on such a great conference!!!
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What are the advantages of organically building vocabulary in a world language class? How do you elicit words from students in the first place?
Thanks to @marishawkins.bsky.social who inspired me with her latest post
Read the post and let me know languageteachinglab.com/thursday-tho...
Thanks to @marishawkins.bsky.social who inspired me with her latest post
Read the post and let me know languageteachinglab.com/thursday-tho...
March 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What are the advantages of organically building vocabulary in a world language class? How do you elicit words from students in the first place?
Thanks to @marishawkins.bsky.social who inspired me with her latest post
Read the post and let me know languageteachinglab.com/thursday-tho...
Thanks to @marishawkins.bsky.social who inspired me with her latest post
Read the post and let me know languageteachinglab.com/thursday-tho...
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I love learning more about teaching research, and love that Maris covered this specific study.
How do students perform in traditional vs. proficiency-based programs of language study? Read more in Maris Hawkins’ blog post!
marishawkins.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/h...
How do students perform in traditional vs. proficiency-based programs of language study? Read more in Maris Hawkins’ blog post!
marishawkins.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/h...
Hot Take: Checking the research I
There is so much research that is published about language teaching, but it can seem unaccessible to teachers. There are many reasons for this- for example, so much of the research is behind paywal…
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March 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I love learning more about teaching research, and love that Maris covered this specific study.
How do students perform in traditional vs. proficiency-based programs of language study? Read more in Maris Hawkins’ blog post!
marishawkins.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/h...
How do students perform in traditional vs. proficiency-based programs of language study? Read more in Maris Hawkins’ blog post!
marishawkins.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/h...
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Today I’ve been reading #HoningOurCraft ch. 4 with my dog. This chapter discusses Comprehensible Communicative Language Teaching and contrasts it with other methods it pairs well with a recent post from @marishawkins.bsky.social
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March 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Today I’ve been reading #HoningOurCraft ch. 4 with my dog. This chapter discusses Comprehensible Communicative Language Teaching and contrasts it with other methods it pairs well with a recent post from @marishawkins.bsky.social
marishawkins.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/h...
marishawkins.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/h...
Things bringing me spring joy- Zumba with my second graders! 😍🌸
March 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Things bringing me spring joy- Zumba with my second graders! 😍🌸
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Excited to share a resource I wrote for PEARLL w/ support from @tmsaue1.bsky.social & Rebecca Rubin Damari!
This action research guide provides step-by-step instructions, real-world examples, & practical insights for both pre- and in-service #langchat teachers.
pearll.nflc.umd.edu/action-resea...
This action research guide provides step-by-step instructions, real-world examples, & practical insights for both pre- and in-service #langchat teachers.
pearll.nflc.umd.edu/action-resea...
Action Research for Language Educators – PEARLL
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March 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Excited to share a resource I wrote for PEARLL w/ support from @tmsaue1.bsky.social & Rebecca Rubin Damari!
This action research guide provides step-by-step instructions, real-world examples, & practical insights for both pre- and in-service #langchat teachers.
pearll.nflc.umd.edu/action-resea...
This action research guide provides step-by-step instructions, real-world examples, & practical insights for both pre- and in-service #langchat teachers.
pearll.nflc.umd.edu/action-resea...
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Look! It's @marishawkins.bsky.social, author of Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Goes to the Classroom! On March 20, Maris will be joining us for a virtual workshop! Register today at nysaflt.org/virtualworks....
March 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Look! It's @marishawkins.bsky.social, author of Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Goes to the Classroom! On March 20, Maris will be joining us for a virtual workshop! Register today at nysaflt.org/virtualworks....
We started this Friday with a little chisme about some of the singers in Locura de Marzo and it was a hit! One of my favorite moments was when one of my students gasped when they heard what one of the singers said in the interview!
March 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We started this Friday with a little chisme about some of the singers in Locura de Marzo and it was a hit! One of my favorite moments was when one of my students gasped when they heard what one of the singers said in the interview!
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From my recent chapter: “For many in the United States, the study of foreign languages is seen as elitist (Reagan & Osborn, 2002) or is often hampered by monolingual & monocultural ideologies that see difference as an affront to power (1/x) #langchat #edusky
OPINION:
“Rhetoric that frames non-English speakers (or even bilingual and trilingual Americans) as unpatriotic infiltrators has no basis in reality.”
@julito77.bsky.social on the consequences of Trump making English the official language of the U.S.
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“Rhetoric that frames non-English speakers (or even bilingual and trilingual Americans) as unpatriotic infiltrators has no basis in reality.”
@julito77.bsky.social on the consequences of Trump making English the official language of the U.S.
READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | What Trump’s order to make English the official language of America is really about
This order gives federal agencies permission to shut out non-English speakers from services their tax dollars pay for.
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March 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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I wrote a thing about being a tool of white supremacy culture in education. White people, we have to be able to say, write and hear these words. White supremacy is not the shark; it's the water.
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The Water Is Not Fine
It is incredibly difficult to talk about the characteristics of a culture that is based on white supremacy. Part of this stems from the sheer charge of emotion that permeates the phrase. …
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March 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I wrote a thing about being a tool of white supremacy culture in education. White people, we have to be able to say, write and hear these words. White supremacy is not the shark; it's the water.
juliabkoch.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/t...
juliabkoch.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/t...
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“What’s trending in the minds of your students? If they love it, use it!” @ditchthattextbook.com #ncce25 @abbyschools.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“What’s trending in the minds of your students? If they love it, use it!” @ditchthattextbook.com #ncce25 @abbyschools.bsky.social
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Lesson planning is a political act. As educators, the lessons we design and facilitate either support or dismantle educational systems that have historically marginalized certain student communities.
#language #linguistics #teaching #translanguaging #methodology
Lesson planning is a political act. As educators, the lessons we design and facilitate either support or dismantle educational systems that have historically marginalized certain student communities.
#language #linguistics #teaching #translanguaging #methodology
Working Toward Linguistic Liberation
Lesson planning is a political act. As previously stated in the Language Magazine article “Content, Language, and Culture Targets” (Medina, 2023), schools in the US, at the core, are designed to promo...
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February 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Lesson planning is a political act. As educators, the lessons we design and facilitate either support or dismantle educational systems that have historically marginalized certain student communities.
#language #linguistics #teaching #translanguaging #methodology
Lesson planning is a political act. As educators, the lessons we design and facilitate either support or dismantle educational systems that have historically marginalized certain student communities.
#language #linguistics #teaching #translanguaging #methodology
Ending my first day with the amazing @grahnforlang.bsky.social ! And is there any other way to celebrate #NECTFL25 than with Leslie?!
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ending my first day with the amazing @grahnforlang.bsky.social ! And is there any other way to celebrate #NECTFL25 than with Leslie?!
Starting off #nectfl25 with @richmadel.bsky.social ! Some ideas- even if we are not using the textbook- it still lingers. People write a recipe, you talk about your daily routine etc.
February 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Starting off #nectfl25 with @richmadel.bsky.social ! Some ideas- even if we are not using the textbook- it still lingers. People write a recipe, you talk about your daily routine etc.
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We get lots of new ideas at a conference. Try ONE AT A TIME, and judge on two things:
Did it impact student engagement? Did it impact student learning?
If no/no, dump it.
If kind of, adapt it.
If YES, keep it.
Then move on to the next one. @grahnforlang.bsky.social #NECTFL25
Did it impact student engagement? Did it impact student learning?
If no/no, dump it.
If kind of, adapt it.
If YES, keep it.
Then move on to the next one. @grahnforlang.bsky.social #NECTFL25
February 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We get lots of new ideas at a conference. Try ONE AT A TIME, and judge on two things:
Did it impact student engagement? Did it impact student learning?
If no/no, dump it.
If kind of, adapt it.
If YES, keep it.
Then move on to the next one. @grahnforlang.bsky.social #NECTFL25
Did it impact student engagement? Did it impact student learning?
If no/no, dump it.
If kind of, adapt it.
If YES, keep it.
Then move on to the next one. @grahnforlang.bsky.social #NECTFL25
Today with my second graders, I cut up a lot of the words that we had been using to discuss our imaginary trip and let them recombine them to create new sentences. I had a discussion about what el and las mean. And syntax. And how we may use 2 words in English but in Spanish it is one word…
February 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Today with my second graders, I cut up a lot of the words that we had been using to discuss our imaginary trip and let them recombine them to create new sentences. I had a discussion about what el and las mean. And syntax. And how we may use 2 words in English but in Spanish it is one word…