This was a comment from Sylvia that got held in the queue because of what Robert figured out about the url’s. I tried to fix that but it won’t let me. But, I wanted to make sure we got a chance to read it so I posted it here: Ben, interesting point about teaching to the […]

Actually this from Michele is a week old, stuck in the queue during that time, but it still fits in the thread, so here it is: Dear Ben, I had an observer last Monday. She has been using the “old” TPRS and wanted to see the “new” TPRS. Because she was an experienced person, I

(This is the KEY point)   Interesting, Repeated (many times),   Personalized, Meaningful,   Comprehensible Input These are the crucial elements of language teaching.  Interesting and personalized input adds up to meaningfulness.  If our teaching becomes meaningful to the students it will stick.  Here is what master teacher Joe Neilson of Salpointe High School in