A Philosophy of Language Instruction in High School – Robert Harrell
In developing and articulating a philosophy of language instruction, or instruction of any kind for that matter, a good place to start is at the
COVID Prayer – 7
Too often now, it seems, more every day, that that dang darkness creeps in, a little more each day since the crisis began, and there's
COVID Prayer – 6
The model for our work as language teachers was always there – your Madonna and Child – but we missed it and put this work,
Robert Harrell on Homework
The text below is being added to the Primers if you ever have the "homework discussion" with your students, colleagues, or parents: There is a place
Robert Harrell on Language Assessment Principles
Source: Language Assessment; Principles and Classroom Practices, H. Douglas Brown and Priyanvada Abeywickrama. Pearson Education, 2010. There are five principles of language assessment: PracticalityReliabilityValidityAuthenticityWashback Practicality includes: Staying within the
Scope and Sequence
In various writings, Robert Harrell has illustrated and defended the use of comprehensible input in foreign language classrooms. The CI tidal wave, however, has yet
Traps
Another repost from Robert Harrell. He raises the right points and has a way of exposing stinking thinking in language instruction as no other person
COVID Prayer – 4
To God: It’s really been more than a tug-of-war. It’s been like a war. Why has the natural process of acquiring our first language - You've
COVID Prayer – 3
So many thoughts rush into my mind when it tries to figure out what languages are, and why on earth You ever made them. But
COVID Prayer – 2
Languages are so beautiful, and you made up so many of them, all of them like beads on the string of a glorious and shiny