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. They are tired of me and my routines, which we have been doing the […]
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 even knowing about it, for that matter). I’ve been researching since Summer’s end about TPRS.
I got this from John. It reminds of that post from Anne (https://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 to drop the major. They have made this decision because their classes are
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 the blog have any suggestions for voting in a way that would further our
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 will be my 6th year of using TPRS/CI. So far every year has looked
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 in schools. The position of this document and its enforcement is unique – it is
