Pedagogy

The latest in our series of polls for teachers of Yiddish. This time, we want to learn how you modify your teaching for different settings — classroom format, class frequency, student composition, and so on. Please take the poll and share widely!

Apr 20, 2020

Jessica Kirzane uses a Forverts advice column to help her students practice lib hobn and other periphrastic verb structures and encourages teachers to borrow the exercise in their own classrooms.

Mar 26, 2020

As many Yiddish instructors have abruptly had to move their courses online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Paula Teitelbaum shares lessons and wisdom from her extensive experience with online Yiddish pedagogy.

Mar 23, 2020

Universities around the globe have closed their campuses and many of our readers are shifting their courses online. In geveb is seeking best practices, advice, lesson plans, asynchronous assignments, descriptions of why and how you use particular digital tools and resources, personal essays, and more.

Mar 18, 2020

This teaching guide offers discussion questions and classroom activities to use alongside an episode of the feminist Yiddish podcast Vaybertaytsh.

Mar 02, 2020

This cartoon was created as a final project for Justin Cammy’s 2019 course on Yiddish Literature and Culture at Smith College.

Feb 28, 2020

How and when do our readers teach khurbn materials in their Yiddish language classes? We’ve assembled responses to this poll in our loyt di lerers series.

Feb 23, 2020

Borodulin’s acceptance speech for the 2019 Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Prize, in which he outlines how he came to find a passion for Yiddish language instruction.

Feb 03, 2020

Looking to improve your Yiddish this summer? There are options all over the world, from traditional classroom-based programs to music festivals, and everything in between--and we’ve done the research so you don’t have to.

Jan 29, 2020

A call for pedagogy posts on teaching about historical and present-day issues of class and labor.

Jan 13, 2020