Video of the Three Steps 3
This is the third in this series of videos made last year that we are kind of in the middle of. The first two series (clips 1-6 can be found by searching "Video of the Three Steps 1" and "Video of
LEAP Document 2
The traditional teachers who don't get comprehensible input have been waging a kind of battle for more than a decade now in Denver Public Schools, where ten years ago only a few voices aligned with Diana Noonan and Krashen but, as Diana
4th Year Problems
I got this from Melanie and I hope a lot of people comment on this, especially those who, unlike me, have TPRS experience with fourth year kids. Dear Ben, I have a problem with my 4th year students at one school.
Jennifer Sparano
Hello. I’m new here and just wanted to add a few things to the discussion. First, I should introduce myself. I’m a 3rd year Spanish teacher at a small school in NJ. This is my first year trying TPRS (or
College Professors of Latin, Wake Up!
I got this from John. It reminds of that post from Anne (http://www.benslavic.com/blog/2011/07/15/anne-matava-9/) Ben, Bob Patrick recently mentioned on our Latin Best Practices list that a few of his former students who have decided to continue with Latin/Classics at college, later decide
ACTFL Voting Advice Needed
Hey Ben, I just received an email from ACTFL announcing their board of directors election. I am a new member, and don't know much about the organization and its current board, but I was wondering if you or other members of
Anne Matava
Anne sends us this bio: This is my 27th year of teaching language, 20th year of teaching high school, mostly German. I teach in a small rural high school in Maine and have 6 sections of German, it's pretty sweet. This
LEAP Document
The LEAP initiative in Colorado is being paid for by millions of dollars supplied by the Gates Foundation to major metro areas across the country. These sweeping new state legislated programs are being designed to force compliance with state standards
Annemarie Orth
This bio is from Annemarie in Maine. The more of these I read - and thank you for personalizing the blog so fast in response to my request - the more I feel like we can really build a comfortable
Classroom Discipline 1
In terms of getting better at the our comprehensible input instruction, I see four areas that need support and therefore should be the primary focus of this blog: 1. Emotional support (perhaps the most important, because of the incredible system pushback we