Inside: Comprehensible Input 101! Practical & Comprehensible is a Free Virtual Conference for Busy World Language teachers to learn about comprehensible input. Do you want to know about CI? Here is a free online conference for you during back-to-school! Practical & Comprehensible Conference 2025.
Join this summer for more Practical & Comprehensible 2025!
>> Practical & Comprehensible Conference – will be online July 8-11, 2025 – attend for free that week online (I will present on Joyful Routines)
Want access to live sessions, recordings to watch at you own pace & the huge bonus packing including bell ringer bundle from me? >> 2025 EARLY BIRD Offer Practical & Comprehensible JOY Bonus Package
*more info will be updated for Practical & Comprehensible 2025 as it becomes available.
Register today for Practical & Comprehensible for free!
Why Practical & Comprehensible?
If you are looking for practical strategies from language instructors about building language proficiency, this is the free online PD for you! Devon Gunning – La Libre Language Learning is putting together another great virtual conference. All about language input & student engagement for your hard to reach language students.
Other World Language PD available right now
>> Comprehensible Iowa Conference– June 13-14, 2025
>> Spanish Teacher Professional Development
>> All Professional Development with me. Reach out to schedule your own!
Register for Practical & Comprehensible 2025!
Mark your calendar for July 8-11 for a virtual conference made BY world language teachers FOR world language teachers. This free event is called Practical and Comprehensible – a gathering of CI teacher experts on how to refresh at this time of the year using comprehensible input. Without having to scrap everything, start from scratch, alienate your department, or drive yourself loco.
Sign up to get your free registration to learn about comprehensible input here today! >> Get my ticket
You won’t want to miss this year’s Practical & Comprehensible speaker lineup
Effective strategies from world language teachers with years of classroom experience. Language teaching experts with a variety of strategies for optimal language acquisition to help meet proficiency goals and support language development for all students.
- Ben Tinsley
- Bryce Hedstrom
- Kia London
- Sierra Wessels (my amazing former student teacher!)
- Tia Parnell
- John Sifert
- Jenniffer Whyte
- Amy Marshall
- Jennifer Degenhardt
- Terri Marrama
- Meredith White
- Allison Perryman
- Timothy Chávez
- Tracy Rucker
- Joshua Cabral (World Language Classroom)
- Devon Gunning of La Libre Language Learning
- + so many more & me! Allison of Mis Clases Locas – I will be presenting about Joyful Routines!
If you prefer in-person PD or individualized PD for your school or organization, check out my Professional Development page for PD with me.
All-Access Pass & Full Bonus Package
All-Access Pass
If you know you will not be available the week of July 9th & want unlimited access to the presentations to watch at your own pace, then you can get the all-access pass! It also comes with lifetime access to the sessions, plus a PD certificate, which would be great if you could use the hours for recertification or personal PD. (Plus this year if you get the all-access pass, you get access to all sessions a couple of days early!!)
Full Bonus Package
Or even better, if you want lifetime access to the presentations plus a ton of bonuses (including Spanish bell ringer bundle of resources from me worth $26!) you can upgrade to the Full Bonus Package.
This event is free to attend virtually from July 9-11 with an option to upgrade later for lifetime access to presentations (and sweet bonuses!). Do not wait to sign up, especially if you might want to upgrade as the prices will go up once it starts.
Don’t wait to join, there are bonus training, resources, and giveaways waiting for you in the Practical and Comprehensible FB group! Sign up to get your free registration today! I would be super grateful if you use my link to sign up since if you choose to upgrade, I will make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate opportunities like this are what make all of the free blog content possible, so thank you for supporting my small business.
Once my presentation goes live it will be free to watch for 24 hours. If you want to be able to watch it beyond that time frame, you might want to get the all-access pass or Full Bonus Package. I will also be participating in the live Q&A over the week if you want to chat.
Practical & Comprehensible FAQs
How does the free World Language Teacher conference work?
Practical & Comprehensible is an online event where you get access to on-demand presentations throughout the 3-day event. Free access is available for a limited time.
You sign up with your email address and the tickets are sent to you each day!
Are there any live presentations?
YES! This year we are excited to offer anyone with paid access exciting interactive and LIVE presentations throughout the 3-day event. You will be able to ask the presenters questions directly.
How is this conference different from another teacher’s PD?
Each presentation is highly curated to get to the details that matter to proficiency-oriented world language teachers. We’re about to see a big shift with consistent action.
Most importantly, we’re about PRACTICAL ideas that you can use tomorrow.
This training event is designed to be quick, personalized, accessible, and easily implemented during back to school.
With over 25 presentations to choose from and various perspectives, you’ll be able to examine and improve every aspect of your teaching.
We also pride this conference on its unique learning journey for teachers. Each year, the conference has a specific focus so that you can see results faster.
This year? We’re here to get ready for back to school & celebrate communication.
Instead of working for proficiency, let’s tackle the back to school stress by making proficiency work FOR us.
What are the presentation topics and speakers?
Ohhh, you’re going to flip out when you see how many amazing people are showing up for this block party!
My presentation on Joyful Routines goes live on Wednesday, July 9th!
>>>> Check the full schedule and lineup once it is posted <<<<
Can I get PD credit with Practical & Comprehensible?
Yes, with the all-access pass or Full Bonus Package., you can get hours of credit via a PD certificate. More details are on the registration page.
Are recordings available?
Good news – all conference recordings are available for purchase in the all-access pass or Full Bonus Package option if the dates don’t work for you. Otherwise, all on-demand content is available for free for a limited time during the live portion of Practical & Comprehensible. And yes, this includes recordings of the live, interactive sessions!
Where do I sign up for my free ticket?
Get your free ticket to Practical & Comprehensible for July 9-11th here!
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