How My Institution Celebrates Pride Beyond June

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAnitre Bell is a College Success Facilitator and Instructor at the Community College of Beaver County   Pride Month is officially here. We’ll see stores celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community through merchandise and apparel, brands changing their company logo on social media and campuses across the nation showcasing their school’s celebration of Pride Month. But, while […]

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A Student’s Thoughts on Cheating During COVID-19

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Reading Time: 4 minutesChloe Adamowicz is a Marketing major with an Economics minor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst   Back on March 15, 2020, a wave of excitement spread across the country: Two whole weeks off from school. What a dream…or so we thought. Our dream soon turned into a nightmare. Two weeks soon turned into two […]

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How I Incorporate Mental Health Activities Into My Course

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBlake Fetty is a lecturer of Spanish at the University of Central Oklahoma   Research on testing anxiety shows a clear correlation between test-taking anxiety and lower test scores. In some classes, this anxiety is more apparent than others. As a Spanish teacher, my students’ anxiety is never more visible than right before a speaking […]

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My Tips to Help Students With Mental Health in College

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Reading Time: 3 minutesChaitali Botcha is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the Central Regional Lead Cengage Student Ambassador. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Medical Science at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.   Health is wealth. Ralph Waldo Emerson coined this term when he said, “the first wealth is health.” What […]

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The Importance of Accessible Educational Materials

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJustin Tumelaire is senior manager of accessibility at Cengage   The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative defines accessibility as “websites, tools, and technologies designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them.” Accessibility is about supporting all users that engage with digital content. As much as accessibility is about everyone, it is not achievable […]

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My Favorite MindTap Feature: Bongo for Speaking Assessments

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Reading Time: 5 minutesJennifer Rogers is the Foreign Language Coordinator and an instructor of Spanish at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, MO   I am a longtime user of MindTap for World Languages. As new features and functionalities are added to the platform, I’m always excited to try them in my classes. One of my favorite tools […]

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Supporting Your World Language Students With Communication Activities in MindTap

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCybele Beckham is the marketing manager for World Languages at Cengage. She’s passionate about language learning and eager to give students the opportunity to practice their communication skills.   Speaking is the most challenging skill for Intro Spanish and French students. To help your students in their Intro Spanish and French courses overcome nerves and […]

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