For those following the Comment Count Sweepstakes, we are now at 49, 710. Only 290 comments to go. I am guess at this rate it could happen in a month or two. Maybe six or seven weeks. Early April. Just guessing. Then with comment #50, 001 we start a new 50,000 comments.
Krashen sent a paper to Tina over the weekend. It discusses Circling but applies to any focus on form in our language classrooms: Circling: Are we just doing ALM (audio-lingual method)? Yes, at its worst. This happens when (1) there is a targeted structure; (2) the questions are obviously intended just to supply more exposure;
