Don’t Teach Too Much Language
As a language teacher, I like simplicity and therefore I like repetition. Simplicity and repetition help my students remember and allows me to see much greater engagement
A Few Links
From time to time, group members send me interesting articles to share with the group. Alisa has sent these two, which you may find time
A Breakthrough
I've actually never read a comment like the one reproduced below, and the reason that that is a big deal to me is that over
Big White Bird
I'm beginning to see more and more that one of the biggest enemies we face in this work are the very schools in which we
Posting Daily Objectives – 2
Below is an example of what Carly does with the rather useless and clumsy daily objectives requirement that is another way admins have of keeping
Posting Daily Objectives – 1
Q. We are going to have to start to have learning targets each day/week and the kids are going to have forms to fill out explaining how
Speech and Writing Output Can’t Be Taught – They Just Emerge
I got this email question with my response below: Q. [On the topic of creating a CI based curriculum]
Classroom Management
It took us 15 years here, but in the past year we have finally articulated our major concern in this work. It is our mental
More on Curriculum
Krashen and Lev Vygotsky fifty years before him have shown that the concept of being a valued member of a community (which leads to feelings
Curriculum Question
Warning: this is kind of a long rant - if you read the contents of the link as well. Just more grist for the