Grammar in Support of CI
We need to listen to Eric Herman more carefully. He has repeatedly said here that teaching grammar is just fine as long as it supports CI.
Advice Needed
Jen has to figure out what to do with this by tomorrow so if you have any ideas pls. get 'em in a comment field
Blowing Up Alaska
This was posted a week ago, but for those who may have missed it here it is again. It is far too important to miss,
Observation Observation
We have years of posts on the topic of being observed and a category for it as well. Many of us go through a lot of
Lowering the Affective Filter in ESL Classes
I am working with an ESL teacher, Stephen Cook, in my school. We are trying to explore areas where ESL and TPRS/CI overlap. Our main
Gesture Fully in PQA
We must gesture the verb when we say it during PQA, all the time. We must constantly invite the kids to do the same. We
Alisa on CI
The text below by Alisa Shapiro is written about really little kids, but applies to all of us at all levels: "By ‘affective filter’ can we include
The Output is Inevitable
"In every single class when you are giving CI instruction, interacting in fun and unforced ways with the kids, the output is inevitable." Linda Li
The End of Motivation
The End of Motivation Stephen Krashen New Routes, vol 55: 34-35. 2015 www.disal.com.br/newr/ I announce in this paper the end of motivation as a relevant factor in language
Lowering of the Affective Filter
In my ongoing work at AES with Steven Cook, we have been exploring Krashen's Affective Filter Hypothesis as it may apply to ELA instruction. A