Out of Delhi
I'll be out of Delhi without a computer until Wednesday of next week. You can read around in the archives. (Some of the best posts here are from the early days of this blog from 2007 to 2012, when the
Native Speakers – 2
If a child already speaks the language in a traditional class, there is an argument in favor of that native/heritage speaking child taking the class. They won't learn anything, but there is an argument that they take the class. They can look at
Parent Letter/Native Speaker
Of course this would have to be tweaked but may help someone at some point. It is written to a parent of a native speaker child who requested of me that the child be moved up two levels to eighth grade
Off The Chart in India
Location NowCast AQI PM2.5(ug/m3) Date US Embassy New Delhi 502 502.7 2016-01-26 12:00:00 IST US Consulate Hyderabad 157 66.2 2016-01-26 12:00:00 IST US Consulate Chennai 105 37.0 2016-01-26 12:00:00 IST US Consulate Kolkata 198 146.7 2016-01-26 12:00:00 IST US Consulate Mumbai 170 91.8 2016-01-26 12:00:00 IST Anyone who knows about the Air Quality Index knows that the numbers in Delhi are hazardous. But this
Forum Down?
I got an email saying that the Forum is down. Can a few people check on that and let me know in a comment field below?
Aretha Franklin
We can all teach like Aretha sings. My colleague here at the American Embassy School, Anna Citrino, wrote about that idea on her blog. Check it out. It describes what we must do every day as story telling teachers, and
Native Speakers
We have tons of articles on strategies to engage misplaced (by advisement) native speakers in our classes. As we have said many times here, we would not place a chemist in a beginning chemistry class. The best strategy we have for
The Mind Gets Confused
When we mix L1 with L2 in class, their minds don't know which one to try to understand. They get confused. But when we stay SLOW and steady in the L2, and the input is fun and easy to listen
TPRS On Steroids
Stories + Invisibles = TPRS On Steroids The above formula is true at least for me, and for my own students. They just literally mobbed me after class to get THEIR idea - of how Mr. Lintus Lint go rescued by
Safety in the Story
We get scared when we are flying by the seat of our pants in the asking of a story. But that is where the greatest safety lies.