Tina had the idea to use the mostly unused Forum for five specific things to make things simpler and to lessen the dominance of any one thread here on the PLC. It’s a good idea. So the five new categories for the Forum, which should simplify things a lot, are: Curriculum Assessment Instruction Invisibles New […]
Warning: this blog post contains uncomfortably direct language that could be perceived as offensive but is not meant to offend more than it is to illustrate and defend the delicate balance needed to keep this community on the fast track to best practices in our CI instruction: Yesterday Jim asked in a comment field here.
Landen and I return home on Wednesday. A few days in NYC for some obligatory shows and on to Denver. It will be hard to say good bye to my friend and mentor, Linda Li, and her equally fantastic husband and buddy, Doug Asher, but I am happy to know that I will see them
Those new readers here who may be interested in the targeted vs. non-targeted discussion will find in a search of the terms hundreds of posts on this topic started in 2009 in connection to some communication with Dr. Krashen. It has been slow going. School districts seem in control of Dr. Krashen’s findings, if that can
Why did I include, in the preceding post, the part about Claire’s 11 kids? Because how many more are there like that in ESL and WL classes around the country? A million is a low number. And nobody is talking about these points. If we really are proponents of reform in language teaching then we
Claire reflects on her seminal document: … I paved this road and I am shouting at my friends to get on it and none are listening…. [ed. note: that is not going to happen here – only people who want to continue the broken status quo will avoid doing the deep reflection that this document deserves.]
