Ruth in Vermont requests some advice/ideas: I teach beginning French to grades 6-8. (This is my first year teaching French, but I am not a young new teacher at all.) I do not see my classes every day. Foreign language in our school is a .5 class, not a priority. We have an awkward alternating […]
I highly recommend this article by our PLC member Chris in Vancouver, published recently on his blog: Waldorf schools and T.P.R.S.
Catherina went to a conference yesterday and here is her candid report: Hi Ben! Today I went to the NNELL Conference – specifically for elementary FL teachers. One of the organizers had seen Liam O’Neill’s presentation in Boston at NECTFL, and was sold on TCI. He couldn’t talk highly enough about Liam. Mr. Organizer actually
I used to ask my kids to do poetry declamation but it has fallen by the wayside in the “too much to do” category. But over recent months some of us have been talking about the value of speech output and how much to ask for in class, etc. I am a big proponent of
