September 14, 2019

Using CI to teach lists of words associated with common exams is a dumb idea. Give the lists separately using part of class and test frequently on them. I have lists of words in semantic set form for this purpose from years ago: Level 1 and 2 Spanish: https://benslavic.com/Posters/spanish-thematic-units.pdf Level 1 and 2 French: https://benslavic.com/Posters/french-thematic-units.pdf

Why does this picture not represent good classroom management in a CI classroom? –

This pig/kid thing is real, rarely talked about in a clear way because the kids who oppose us in this passive aggressive and devastating fashion are so rare. But that they are rare makes their effect on our work no less devastating as we try, sometimes against hope, to teach languages using comprehensible input. I would