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4 Brain Breaks for World Language Learners

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When students who are learning a new language engage in playful games that include movement, they return to the lesson more energized and refreshed.

Spanish teacher Jamie Midyette understands just how taxing learning a language can be. At times in her class at Albert Hill Middle School in Richmond, VA, she sees her students lose eye contact, look sleepy, or get distracted. It’s at those times when she knows to turn to a valuable tool for her world language learners: brain breaks.

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