Conference in the Cloud
for world language teachers
Over 200 hours of language classes and workshops recorded during this summer's Conference in the Cloud- a conference organized BY language teachers FOR language teachers. Observe over 20 acquisition-driven language classes (Spanish, French, Mandarin, Latin, Russian, German, Arabic) many of them with elementary, middle and high school student participants. Experience how the language instructors build community and hook students in engaging comprehensible-input based classes. There are over 100 hours of workshops related to teaching with CI and distance learning. All recordings are available for your viewing pleasure until Jan 31, 2021.
Your Instructor

Elissa McLean founded Express Fluency in 2012 to bring Comprehensible-Input based language classes to adults. Disheartened by hearing (almost) everyone say “I studied (fill in the blank) language in school for 4 years and I can’t speak a word now” – she decided to be part of a movement to change that.
Elissa holds a Masters degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has taught Spanish to students from preschool to college and adults. Prior to teaching Spanish full-time she co-founded two innovative expedition-based high schools. She loves to travel, meet new people, hang out with her 16-year old daughter, and help bring more joy and multilingualism into the world.
She currently teaches Spanish full-time to students PreK-6th grade in East Hampton, NY.
Course Curriculum
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StartAnne Matava - Teaching with Comprehensible Input 101 (75:13)
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StartEric Herman - Why CI? (66:50)
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StartAnnabelle Allen (La Maestra Loca) - High Frequency Words (56:29)
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StartEric Herman - Total Physical Response (63:45)
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StartAnnabelle Allen(La Maestra Loca) - Brain Breaks for the Virtual Classroom (20:10)
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StartPilar Reyes Sierra - Cautiva a tu audiencia (66:34)
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StartAllison Litten - Clip Chat/Movie Talk (79:23)
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StartPreliterate Spanish (ages 5-6) Day 1 Erica Peplinski (34:41)
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StartPreliterate Spanish(ages 5-6) Day 2 Erica Peplinski (60:30)
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StartPreliterate Spanish (ages 5-6) Day3 Erica Peplinski (66:55)
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StartPreliterate Spanish (ages 5-6) Day 4 Erica Peplinski (76:31)
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StartPre-literate Spanish (ages 5-6) Day 5 Erica Peplinski (76:33)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 7-9) Day 1 Kristen Wolf (68:39)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 7-9) Day 2 Kristen Wolf.mp4 (90:37)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 7-9) Day 3 Kristen Wolf (85:58)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 7-9) Day 4 Kristen Wolf (84:51)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 7-9) Day 5 Kristen Wolf (89:46)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 10-12) Day 1 Leslie Davison (63:31)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 10-12) Day 2 Leslie Davison (95:54)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 10-12) Day 3 Leslie Davison (94:47)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 10-12) Day 4 Leslie Davison (89:53)
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StartElementary Spanish (ages 10-12) Day 5 Leslie Davison (85:44)
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StartBeginner Spanish (HS) Day 1 Amy Marshall (88:06)
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StartBeginner Spanish (HS) Day 2, Part 1 Amy Marshall (100:13)
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StartBeginner Spanish (HS) Day 2, Part 2 Amy Marshall (42:01)
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StartBeginner Spanish (HS) Day 3 Amy Marshall (101:33)
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StartBeginner Spanish (HS) Day 4 Amy Marshall (106:06)
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StartBeginner Spanish Day 5 Amy Marshall (109:15)
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StartAP Spanish Prep Day 1 Bertha Delgadillo and Claudia Elliot (59:09)
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StartAP Spanish Prep Day 2 Bertha Delgadillo and Claudia Elliot (92:37)
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StartAP Spanish Prep Day 3 Bertha Delgadillo and Claudia Elliot (100:48)
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StartAP Spanish Prep Day 5 Part 1 Bertha Delgadillo and Claudia Elliot (42:37)
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StartAP Spanish Prep Day 5 Part 2 Bertha Delgadillo and Claudia Elliot (58:59)
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StartElementary French (ages 7-9) Day 1 Allison Litten (46:06)
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StartElementary French (ages 7-9) Day 2 Allison Litten (45:33)
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StartElementary French (ages 7-9) Day 3 Allison Litten (43:05)
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StartElementary French (ages 7-9) Day 4 Allison Litten (45:03)
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StartElementary French (ages 7-9) Day 5 Allison Litten (45:01)
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StartBeginner French (ages 10-12) Day 1 Donna Tatum-Johns (69:04)
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StartBeginner French (ages 10-12) Day 2 Donna Tatum-Johns (78:01)
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StartBeginner French (ages 10-12) Day 3 Donna Tatum-Johns (76:45)
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StartBeginner French (ages 10-12) Day 4 Donna Tatum-Johns (91:55)
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StartBeginner French (ages 10-12) Day 5 Donna Tatum-Johns (80:42)
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StartIntermediate French (HS) Day 1 Alice Ayel (79:34)
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StartIntermediate French (HS) Day 2 Part 1 Alice Ayel (23:38)
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StartIntermediate French (HS) Day 2 Part 2 Alice Ayel (56:37)
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StartExpress Fluency - Intermediate French (HS) Day 3 Part 1 Alice Ayel (92:18)
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StartExpress Fluency - Intermediate French Day 3 Alice Ayel.mp4 (88:43)
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StartIntermediate (HS) French Day 4 Alice Ayel (92:18)
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StartIntermediate French (HS) Day 5 Alice Ayel (93:26)
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StartEnglish for Spanish Speakers Day 1 Part 1 Pilar Reyes (51:46)
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StartEnglish for Spanish Speakers Day 1, Part 2 Pilar Reyes (21:15)
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StartEnglish for Spanish Speakers, Day 2 Pilar Reyes (79:52)
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StartEnglish for Spanish Speakers, Day 3 Pilar Reyes (69:19)
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StartEnglish for Spanish Speakers, Day 4 Pilar Reyes (113:55)
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StartEnglish for Spanish Speakers, Day 5 Pilar Reyes (84:33)
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StartBeginning Arabic (adults) Day 1 Fadi Abughoush (53:06)
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StartBeginning Arabic (adults) Day 2 Fadi Abughoush (58:45)
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StartBeginning Arabic (adults) Day 3 Fadi Abughoush (86:43)
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StartBeginning Arabic (adults) Day 4 Fadi Abughoush (75:06)
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StartBeginning Arabic (adults) Day 5 Fadi Abughoush (86:51)
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StartBeginning German (adult) Day 1 Part 1 Anne Matava (38:57)
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StartBeginner German (adults) Day 1 Part 2 Anne Matava (28:41)
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StartBeginning German (adults) Day 2 Anne Matava (68:02)
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StartBeginning German (adults) Day 3 Anne Matava (113:47)
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StartBeginner German (adults) Day 4 Anne Matava (91:38)
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StartBeginning German (adults) Day 5 Anne Matava (97:46)
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StartBeginning Latin (adult) Day 1 Justin Slocum Bailey (79:11)
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StartBeginner Latin (adult) Day 2, Part 1 Justin Slocum Bailey (19:11)
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StartBeginning Latin (adult) Day 2 Part 2 - Justin Slocum Bailey (52:00)
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StartBeginner Latin (adult) Day 3 Justin Slocum Bailey (82:17)
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StartBeginning Latin (adult) Day 4 - Justin Slocum Bailey (86:47)
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StartBeginning Latin (adult) Day 5 - Justin Slocum Bailey (96:21)
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StartBeginning Russian (adult) Day 1 Michele Whaley (78:00)
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StartBeginning Russian (adults) Day 2 Michele Whaley (79:50)
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StartBeginning Russian (adults) Day 3 Michele Whaley (85:12)
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StartBeginning Russian (adults) Day 4 Michele Whaley
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StartBeginning Russian (adults) Day 5 Part 1 Michele Whaley (20:12)
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StartBeginning Russian (adults) Day 5 Part 2 Michele Whaley (52:39)
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StartA.C. Quintero - Motivating Reluctant Readers (56:01)
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StartA.C. Quintero - Equity is my new BFF (66:44)
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StartA.C. Quintero - Comprehensible Input-Marriage Made in Heaven (56:42)
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StartElicia Cardenas & A.C. Quintero - Incorporating Afro-latinx (60:39)
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StartA.C. Quintero -- How to teach a novel in 7 days (43:50)
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StartAnnabelle Williamson (La Maestra Loca) - A Whole New World: Virtual Classroom Management (65:05)
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StartAnnabelle Williamson (La Maestra Loca) - Making and Keeping Professional and Personal Boundaries (55:56)
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StartAnnabelle Williamson (La Maestra Loca) - Creating a Culture of Circumlocution (64:28)
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StartAnnabelle Williamson (La Maestra Loca) - Brain Breaks for the Virtual Classroom (66:21)
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StartAnnabelle Williamson (La Maestra Loca) - Bitmoji Classrooms (64:48)
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StartAnnabelle Williamson (La Maestra Loca) - Equitable Engagement (74:04)
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StartAnnabelle Williamson (La Maestra Loca) - Story Asking in the Virtual Classroom (58:55)
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StartAnnabelle Williamson (La Maestra Loca) - High Frequency Words (56:29)
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StartAllison Litten - Clip Chat/Movie Talk (79:23)
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StartAllison Litten - Textivate and Socrative (Meet and Eat, Tuesday) (43:13)
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StartAllison Litten - Reading in the Elementary Classroom (76:19)
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StartAllison Litten and Erica Peplinski - Elementary Q & A (Meet and Eat, Wednesday (37:53)
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StartAllison Litten - Elementary Curriculum Development (56:42)
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StartBertha Delgadillo - Apoyando a estudiantes hispanohablantes con DACA (Meet and Eat, Thursday) (61:19)
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StartBertha Delgadillo - Estrategias para mantener una alta motivacion entre nuestros estudiantes hispanohablantes (54:55)
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StartBertha Delgadillo - Tech Tips & Tools for Assessment & Feedback (Meet and Eat, Wednesday) (51:13)
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StartBertha Delgadillo - Becoming an Agent of Impact for Your Heritage Speaker Students (67:01)
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StartDiane Neubauer - Mandarin Chinese Planning Lessons (59:43)
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StartDiane Neubauer - Interactive Fiction Made Easier with Twine (59:23)
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StartDiane Neubauer - Q&A about Chinese Language Teaching (64:09)
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StartDiane Neubauer - Q&A, Troubleshooting & Setting Up for Online Teaching (Meet and Eat, Wednesday) (39:31)
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StartDiane Neubauer - Using Zoom for Online Classes (64:11)
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StartJustin Slocum Bailey - Even More Ways to Use Pictures (64:19)
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StartJustin Slocum Bailey - Using Virtual Backgrounds to Enhance Input and Interaction (84:51)
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StartJustin Slocum Bailey - ROGANDA Asking Questions in Latin (61:49)
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StartJustin Slocum Bailey - Relaxed Input (68:53)
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StartJustin Slocum Bailey - Teach Like a Human - Mantras (60:45)
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StartJustin Slocum Bailey - When Someone Else Is Telling You What to Teach (64:19)
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StartPing Wu - First Week of CI Mandarin Classes Part 1 (5:48)
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StartPing Wu - Finding and Creating Reading Materials and Reading Activities (59:33)
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StartPing Wu - First Week of CI Mandarin Classes Part 2 (52:40)
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StartPing Wu - Psychologist Game and Mafia (Monday PM) (50:22)
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StartPing Wu- Interaction, The Soul of Online Teaching (77:35)
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StartXiaoling Mo - Low-tech Online Language Games (68:33)
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StartXiaoling Mo - Personalization Connection in Online Elementary Mandarin Classes (51:15)
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StartXiaoling Mo - How to Create Comprehensible Input (Meet and Eat, Wednesday) (36:24)
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StartXiaoling Mo -Chinese Coaching Session (Wednesday PM) (46:02)