Shows
The English Zone185. Oscar’s Plan to Buy another Van | The Backpack by Jennifer Degenhardt | Beginner English Listening and Speaking PracticeWe continue the story of The Backpack by Jennifer Degenhardt. Part one of the book is episode 154 on my podcast!https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ho5vQL5N9Wyrg1Y08tFUz?si=85a204b424404cf6Also, you can read the book the whole with me on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/EvJovN8fcl0?si=EAx1t6G19asBgSn1
2025-02-1812 minThe English Zone183. Michelle's Life as an Immigrant in the U.S. | The Backpack by Jennifer Degenhardt for Beginner EnglishListen to the story about Michelle and answer the questions about her to practice your listening, speaking and grammar.Part one of the book is episode 154 on my podcast!https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ho5vQL5N9Wyrg1Y08tFUz?si=85a204b424404cf6Also, you can read the book the whole with me on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/EvJovN8fcl0?si=EAx1t6G19asBgSn1
2025-02-1312 min
Practical Proficiency Podcast#24 - Innovative Literacy Strategies for Language Teachers with DigiGals: Jen Degenhardt & Theresa MarramaSend a textThe Digigals, Jennifer and Theresa, have written a combined 120 novels for world language classes. Listen with us as the Digilangua creators, known as the Digigals in their dynamic duo, answer real community questions from the Practical Proficiency Network teachers about how to better use novels in the target language to promote literacy and acquisition in world language. Check out Digilangua - an e-reader platform for comprehensible novels: https://www.digilangua.net/Watch the video version of the podcast here Digilangua is the official novel partner of the Practical P...
2025-01-3155 minPractical Proficiency Podcast#24 - Literacy & Novels in World Language with the Digigals: Jen Degenhardt & Theresa Marrama of DigilanguaSend us a textThe Digigals, Jennifer and Theresa, have written a combined 120 novels for world language classes. Listen with us as the Digilangua creators, known as the Digigals in their dynamic duo, answer real community questions from the Practical Proficiency Network teachers about how to better use novels in the target language to promote literacy and acquisition in world language. Check out Digilangua - an ereader platform for comprehensible novels: https://www.digilangua.net/Digilangua is the official novel partner of the Practical Proficiency Network! Get exclusive discounts on your Digilangua re...
2025-01-3153 min
World Language ClassroomGetting the Most out of a Comprehensible Novel with Jennifer Degenhardt and Theresa Marrama#175Do students read in your classroom? What do they do with the reading? In this episode I speak with Jennifer Degenhardt and Theresa Marrama. They are both authors of CI Novels that I have personally used in my French and Spanish classrooms. I thought I’d go right to the source when thinking about the many ways that we can engage our students in target language reading. Jennifer and Theresa share their writing process, inspiration for their stories, and ideas for getting the most out of comprehensible novels.Topics in this Episode: what comp...
2024-12-1631 minThe English Zone154. The Backpack by Jennifer Degenhardt | Chapter 1 with Questions and AnswersThis is a B1 level story from a book by Jennifer Degenhardt called The Backpack. I think you will love it! Read along with me here on Youtube.Buy the book here on Amazon
2024-03-2813 min
Beautiful Second ActOne Career Doesn't Define a Person / Interview with Jennifer DegenhardtIf you are seeking something in life that you simply cannot find, but feel the need for it, then you can create it yourself. Just because you have done one thing and done it very well, doesn't mean you have to continue on that path, simply because others believe you should.In today's episode with educator Jennifer Degenhardt, we talk about following the breadcrumbs towards your purpose in life. It can be scary, but if you are brave enough to move towards your dreams, even with nay-sayers in your ear, then you just might find yourself living y...
2024-01-2339 min
Die Personalabteilung51 Kinderwunsch - mit Gina Renner & Vanessa Bieling-Degenhardt von Digital VikingsWas hat das Thema Kinderwunsch in einem HR-Podcast zu suchen? Super Frage! Gina & Vanessa haben sich auf die Fahne geschrieben, zu diesem sensiblen Thema aufzuklären und vor allem auch HR-Personen und Führungskräften Anregungen zum Umgang mit dem Thema im Unternehmenskontext zu geben. Warum sollten wir darüber sprechen? Was sind die Do’s & Don'ts? Und warum ist es so wichtig, Mitarbeitende ganzheitlich zu betrachten? Hört rein!
Kontakt zu Gina & Vanessa:
Gina.Renner@digitalvikings.com / vanessa.bieling-degenhardt@digitalvikings.com
Und natürlich findet ihr die Beiden auch auf Linkedin.
Themenvorschläge, Ergänzungen oder Kritik? Schreibt mir an: DiePer...
2022-11-281h 00
Growing With Proficiency The PodcastEpisode 9: My Biggest Takeaways from ACTFL 22 & 5 Activities You Will LoveSend a textHave you ever been to the Annual Conference of ACTFL? This was my first one and it exceeded all my expectations. I attended 11 sessions and ALL of them were incredible, but the best part was just meeting online friends in person and having great conversations with like-minded language educators.But these big conferences can also be very overwhelming and when we feel like that, we don’t even know where to start. That’s why in this episode I’m going to share with you the 5 activities I am already incorporating in my cl...
2022-11-2426 min
World Language ClassroomStories as Windows and Mirrors with Jennifer DegenhardtIn this episode we talk about stories in the language classroom. Stories provide opportunities to see and interpret words and structures in context. There are numerous opportunities to engage with the text in all of the communication modes. Additionally, students learn about different cultures and can also see themselves reflected in the story. This form of representation is incredibly valuable for students on their language learning journey.[sign up for Talking Points]I am joined by Jennifer Degenhardt, a language teacher and author of CI (Comprehensible Input) novels for novice and intermediate students.Jenn...
2021-11-0831 min
The Actual Fluency Podcast for Language LearnersAFP 183 - Jennifer Degenhardt: Better School Learning and Creating Inclusive MaterialsIn the episode I'm joined by Spanish Teacher and Educational Author, Jennifer Degenhardt.
We go over why school language learning is in such a bad state in many schools, and what innovative and energetic teachers like Jennifer can do to improve the results the kids get from the classroom.
We also talk about her diverse and inclusive range of educational materials, as well as her experience spending a year learning Spanish abroad in latin America.
=== SPONSOR
This episode is sponsored by OptiLingo. Go check out a modern language learning app that f...
2021-09-231h 08
Word of Mom RadioJennifer Degenhardt Returns to The Authors Alley on Word of Mom RadioJennifer Degenhardt, B.A., M.Ed., continues to teach Spanish at the college level while she indulges in her passion for writing inclusive and representative stories. During her last teaching assignment she began writing short novels for her students. With the first book she wrote, Jennifer found that her students were more engaged, and through the stories she was able to offer themes for discussion she felt complemented language study and those that, simply put, need to be part of regular discourse: racism, classism, social protest, paying it forward, alcoholism, unhealthy relationships, LGBTQ+, culture, identity, undocumented immigration, persons with disabilities, etc. ...
2021-07-0731 min
The Relatable Voice PodcastJennifer has a mission: to educate through stories about LGBTQ+, racism, classism and others.Jennifer Degenhardt, B.A., M.Ed., taught middle and high school Spanish for 24 years, until that career ended abruptly. During her last teaching assignment she began writing short novels for her students, when they were not “buying in” to the traditional textbook lessons. With the first book she wrote, Jennifer found that her students were more engaged, both with the language and in class in general, and through the stories she was able to offer themes for discussion she felt complemented language study and those that, simply put, need to be part of regular discourse: racism, classism, social protest, paying it for...
2021-07-0734 min
Teaching MattersEmpathy in LearningJennifer Degenhardt is a Spanish teacher and author of several student-oriented books that raise cultural awareness while also helping to teach second language skills. A core premise of her books is to use character-developed storytelling to raise empathy and cultural awareness within the context of language learning. Jen discusses these issues as well as her own transition from classroom teacher to author.
2021-04-0546 min
Think Fit. Be Fit.Mariska Breland, Tara Becker and Jenn on Pull-ups, Pilates, Strength Training and the Fuse LadderThis episode was originally inspired by the Fuse Ladder and how much we use it in the Alexandria studio, Impact Your Fitness. Mariska Breland, the creator of the Fuse Ladder, a patented 8 in 1 fitness apparatus, sat down with Jenn and Tara to discuss all of our favorite things about the Fuse Ladder. There are so many important topics brought up in this conversation between three women who view strength as more important than correct form and looking pretty in yoga poses. If you’re a trainer or rehab professional, you’ll hear from a leader in fitnes...
2020-07-291h 14
Think Fit. Be Fit.Pilates for Every-Body“Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase.” Joseph Pilates The goal of today's short episode is to present the theory that Pilates, the modality and man, have a lot more to offer than ab exercises and helping lower back pain. Jenn is bringing on her Pilates teacher, Tara Becker, for a presentation on a whole-body approach to Pilates and why every single person can use it in their fitness program. Tara Becker discovered Pilates in the early 2000s while studying at Syracuse University. Having undergone three reconstructive foot surgeries as a teena...
2020-05-0428 min
Inspired ProficiencyA Proficiency Journey with Ashley's former student AraceliAshley talks about her struggles with distance learning and interviews a former student, Araceli Schmalz, who shares her proficiency journey. Includes a new game from Sarah Breckley and a calm tip from Julie Speno! Detailed show notes to follow at www.deskfree.wordppress.com Season sponsorship brought to you by: Wayside Publishing #followtheowl Episode sponsors: World Language Classroom by Josh Cabral El Mundo de Pepita resources in Spanish, French, Russian, German and ESL A.C. Quintero and Jennifer Degenhardt and their classroom readers
2020-04-2900 minInspired ProficiencySpecial Edition #Covid19WL EpisodeThank you to our guests! Detailed shownotes will be added within a week at www.deskfree.wordpress.com below are links to resources that have been shared by WL teaching community, compiled by Emily Loughlin. Thank you to presenting sponsor Wayside Publishing! https://waysidepublishing.com/inspired List of links for school closures: Request 2 free weeks of Senor Wooly.com The Comprehensible Classroom and Martina Bex 1o+ days of lessons for Spanish class (and other language activity ideas) Instructional video for how to use 9 activities for ANY text in ANY language Garbanzo app Fluency Matters c...
2020-03-2000 minInspired ProficiencyBe the Calm Classroom with Julie SpenoPlay Inspired Trivia with Wayside at https://waysidepublishing.com/inspired and be entered to win a prize! Thanks to our presenting sponsor Wayside Publishing! Updates for season 5! Sarah is back with 10 more games! YAY! Julie Speno from Mundo de Pepita will talk to us every episode about being calm in the classroom. Thank you to Joshua Cabral and World Language Classroom for your continued support of the podcast. He’ll be the guest on episode 2 of season 5! Today’s Interview: Julie Speno talks to us today about her why and and other information for a...
2020-03-1000 minInspired ProficiencyFormative Assessment with Dr. Mouna ManaWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for the final episode of season 4, episode 6. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. Don’t forget that Ashley and her podcasts are also on Facebook in the group “Inspired Proficiency Teacher Collaboration” with lots of great ideas for the classroom. Our presenting sponsor Wayside Publishing invites you to nominate a world language teacher you know who is making a difference proficiency-driven practices! Nominate them on their website so they can be a featured educator on the blog. Interview: Dr. Mana i...
2019-10-1500 minInspired ProficiencyActivities for Stories with Carrie TothWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for the final episode of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. Find detailed shownotes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com Ashley has TONS of awesome opportunities for PD this summer in MA if you’re interested register here! See Ashley at MAFLA and ACTFL this fall. Interview: Carrie was nominated by listeners as someone they want to hear from to learn HOW she juggles it all. Carrie teaches levels 2-4 full time in southern IL, authors books fo...
2019-05-2800 minInspired ProficiencyA Shift to Teaching with Comprehensible Input with Bertha DelgadilloWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 9 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. Today Ashley chats with Bertha Delgadillo and then for the variety segment she will share more from her classroom and interviews for student portfolios. See detailed shownotes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com Interview: Bertha Delgadillo is a teacher from Mexico currently teaching in Savannah, GA. She has been teaching for five years and has taught Spanish at all levels of the high school and has some middle school experience. B...
2019-05-2100 minInspired ProficiencyWhole Class Novels and Building Background Knowledge with Mira CanionWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 8 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. Ashley starts off the podcast talking about this time of year and negativity that can come with it. She mentions some ways to change your mindset and force out the negativity. Detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com Ashley chats today with Mira Canion about class novels. There is another giveaway of her novels listen for details! Interview: Mira (My-ra) Canion chats with Ashley today about using...
2019-05-1400 minInspired ProficiencyPromoting equity in the classroom with Kia LondonWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 7 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. See detailed show notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com Do you want to contribute a blog post for Wayside Publishing with classroom tips, a fun activity, or a success story in the classroom? Head on over to their website to see what types of contributions they are looking for or email blog@waysidepublishing.com. Congrats to Caitlin Frantz for winning the last episode giveaway from A.C. Quintero! This...
2019-05-0700 minInspired ProficiencyFree Voluntary Reading with A.C. QuinteroWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 6 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. Download the episode here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/inspiredproficiency/IPe6.mp3or listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or find it wherever you listen to podcasts! On this episode Ashley chats with author A.C. Quintero who is offering a giveaway to Inspired Proficiency listeners! Enter to win a trilogy from author A.C. Quintero by tweeting! Listen for details! Ashley starts the episode with information about a...
2019-04-1600 minInspired ProficiencyGames & Movement with Sarah BreckleyWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 4 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. As always, find detailed notes from Season 3 at www.deskfree.wordpress.com Ashley is offering workshops this summer from August 14-16, 2019. You can find more information here on her website, deskfree.org On this episode Ashley chats with the hilarious Sarah Breckley who lives and breathes adding fun and laughter to everyday teaching. Then Ashley herself walks us through a big reset she did with one of her classes that was...
2019-04-0900 minInspired ProficiencyWooly InspirationWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 4 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. On this episode Ashley chats with Jim Wooldridge, aka Señor Wooly. In the variety segment Ashley talks to Audrey O’Clair from soundtrap: an audio recording platform that’s like a robust combination of google drive and garage band. Interview: Ashley and Jim begin their chat talking about Wooly Week. Jim and his team released a new original song for Wooly Week in February. Wooly Week is a celeb...
2019-04-0200 minInspired ProficiencyProficiency Driven Curriculum with Ashley Uyaguari & guest interviewer Wendy FarabaughWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 3 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. The third episode of season three is a first for Inspired Proficiency. Host, Ashley Uyaguari is interviewed by Wendy Farabaugh about how she makes her classroom student centered. The variety segment interviews Haydee Arnold Taylor and how she brings STEM into the world language classroom. Wendy Farabaugh teachers French 1 and AP French in Ohio. She participates in #langchat as a moderator on Twitter working behind the scenes to figure out which...
2019-03-2600 minInspired ProficiencyBuilding a Target Language Discourse Community with Rebecca BlouwolffWelcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 2 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. On the second episode Ashley continues her conversation with Rebecca Blouwolff, the NECTFL 2019 teacher of the year, about high leverage teaching practices. Rebecca teaches 7th and 8th grade French at Wellesley Middle School, a suburb of Boston, MA. Ashley also chats with Jennifer Bilby about her fame among Spanish teachers who use Señor Wooly. Ashley is offering her 3rd annual 3 day workshop this summer 2019 in Tyngsboro, MA. 8/14 Proficiency a...
2019-03-1900 minInspired ProficiencyTarget Language Comprehensibility with Rebecca BlouwolffWelcome back to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us on our journey into season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. On the first episode Ashley talks about high leverage teaching practices with Rebecca Blouwolff, the NECTFL 2019 teacher of the year. Rebecca teaches 7th and 8th grade French at Wellesley Middle School, a suburb of Boston, MA. Rebecca walks Ashley through one of two high leverage teaching practices she recently presented at the NECTFL conference in New York City. These practices talk more about how to teach and not what...
2019-03-1200 minInspired ProficiencyTeaching with Stories with Jennifer DegenhardtWelcome to the third episode Season Two of Inspired Proficiency - with Ashley Uyaguari! Inspired Proficiency is a podcast for language teachers created by language teachers - featuring interviews, tricks, resources, and tons of inspiration for your classroom! In this episode Ashley talks about the following: Interview with Jennifer Degenhardt about teaching with stories Interview with Jenny Delfini about honoring student growth Ashley talks to Jennifer Degenhardt about the use of stories in her foreign language classrooms, as well as her own set of novels. Later on in the episode Ashley gets a chance to ta...
2018-09-1100 min
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat TeacherLanguage Teacher: Cultural Awareness and Story to Excite Kids about Learning SpanishJennifer Degenhardt talks about how she uses stories in Spanish to help students engage with learning Spanish. www.coolcatteacher.com/e354
2018-09-0610 min
Word of Mom Radio#WoMRadio Author's Alley - Jennifer Degenhardt - Puentes LanguageJennifer Degenhardt, B.A., M.Ed, taught middle and high school Spanish for 24 years. She began writing when students n her classes were not buying into the traditional textbook lessons. With the first story she wrote, Jennifer found that her students were more engaged, both with the language and in class in general. While her books highlight cultural, social, economic and political themes necessary for continued conversation, both in and out of the classroom, all of them deal with identity to some degree and how important it is to know who you are. Jennifer is the owner of the website for...
2018-08-3026 min
Fundraising RadioFRR018: Alltag einer FundraiserinJennifer Odyja und Katja Degenhardt arbeiten in der Unternehmenskommunikation der Baunataler Diakonie Kassel e.V.
Jenny ist Fundraiserin und Katja koordiniert das Referat. Dies ergibt eine Menge zu Erzählen, insbesondere was den Alltag einer Fundraiserin in einer diakonischen Einrichtung so ausmacht.
2017-04-041h 04