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Use Word Clouds to Boost Comprehension and Engagement in Your Language Classroom
Apr 21, 2025Garbanzo is excited to introduce a new feature: downloadable word clouds for every lesson! No matter what your curriculum looks like, Garbanzo’s new word clouds can provide a dynamic way to support language acquisition.
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Who Qualifies for the Educator Assistance Discount?
Apr 3, 2025After seven years of fine-tuning Garbanzo to create a high-quality, secure, online platform that meets the needs of language teachers and students, it’s time for us to adjust our pricing. Our mission to keep Garbanzo as accessible as possible remains the same, which is why we’re proud to announce our newest initiative: The Educator Assistance Discount.
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The Pet Stars Contest
Jan 6, 2025Enter the Pet Stars contest and not only could your classroom pet be featured in a Garbanzo lesson, but you could also win a FREE Garbanzo subscription for a year!
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4 Ways to Turn A Garbanzo Lesson Into A Listening Activity
Dec 9, 2024Garbanzo lessons are designed to be standalone activities, thanks to the processing questions embedded in each one! Students will learn and acquire language simply by reading each lesson. However, you may wish to use the lesson as a starting point or extend the lesson into a larger activity.
This blog post offers four possible listening activities you can pair with a Garbanzo lesson to help students with their input.
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The Garbanzo English Vodcast Episode 2: Hello! My Name Is Cam
Dec 4, 2024Welcome to the Garbanzo English Vodcast- where you can find interactive, easy-to-understand English stories written for beginners.
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Garbanzo's Cyber Monday Deal
Nov 27, 2024It’s Cyber Monday! This year, Garbanzo is offering a special Cyber Monday deal to new subscribers!
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ACTFL Workshops
Nov 20, 2024We're so excited to be presenting at ACTFL 2024! Keep reading for information on our two sessions based around teaching for acquisition.
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Why Not All Garbanzo Stories Are Happy
Oct 16, 2024Not all of our Garbanzo stories are happy – and we believe that’s a good thing! The main goal of language class is to learn how to communicate in another language - speaking, listening, and understanding in context. We do that by acquiring language.
But if we really want to learn how to communicate, we have to have all the tools available to us – language that accurately describes feelings, emotions, difficult situations, and more.
Read more about why it’s important to read texts that aren’t “happy” and what that means for language acquisition in this blog post.
Learn Spanish online through stories.
Garbanzo is an online, interactive library for students learning Spanish or English. Through comprehensible storytelling and ready-made lessons, Garbanzo makes language learning come alive!