I hope we get some deep answers to this major question from Alisa which is very applicable to current discussion in the CI community: I am getting emboldened to dump my ‘classical’ circling and PQA in favor of all out non-targeted language usage. (I seldom target classically anymore, but I do circle and PQA still…I […]
Q. How do we make sure that our students will hear the “important” words (some call them “high frequency”) if we go non-targeted? Tina responds: A. If we are teaching for whole-language mastery, then we need to unlearn or let go of the idea that we are teaching parts of the language. If the high-frequency
Here is a photo of the skype session I had the other night with my former students in India. Linda and I got a moment to talk. Linda and Doug and Jesse go the the American School in Singapore next year after three years in India. Better air!
Hi Ben, I “remind” my students often, at least daily, of their responsibility to sit up, make eye contact, join the conversation, make class fun by offering unusual details, etc. It counts for 40% of their grade in Spanish 1. Yet I find I’m saying it over and over to the same students, and I
