October 14, 2013

Hi Ben, So like all other teachers in New York City, and New York state, I got observed under the Danielson rubric. And, it went well! I wasn’t worried about the classroom environment sections because that’s all about procedures and having a pleasant classroom. But I was worried about instruction. Well, my principal loved my […]

This is from a November 3, 2011 article on the website of Cambridge University. It reflects exactly what we all need to keep in mind when thinking about how we teach languages: Unconscious learning could be the secret to speeding up learning a second language. When linguists talk about unconscious or implicit language learning, they