Questions for Textbook Companies – 6
Of the many questions Robert asks of the textbook companies in this series of articles, this is my favorite: How does the textbook align with the current emphasis by Advanced Placement (College Board), ACTFL and many State Standards on the Three
Questions for Textbook Companies – 5
Robert continues with his questions for textbook companies. It would be nice if they would answer. But they won't. Their involvement in education is not spurred by the same interests that prompt these questions from Robert: How does the textbook take
Questions for Textbook Companies – 4
Robert continues to adress Sarah's original questions with some questions of his own: How do the textbook's scope and sequence align with the Natural Order of Acquisition? Since language acquisition researchers (e.g. Noam Chomsky, Daniel Pink, Alice Omaggio Hadley, James Asher, Stephen
Ultimate CI Training
The Zoom training on Book 1 of the Ultimate CI series begins this coming Monday, for those interested. Go to benslavic.com and click on "training courses". If you want to really access what is in these new books, the Zoom
Reading in CI Classes
Here I'm talking about how I do reading in my CI classes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C26mp5NGTAk
Questions for Textbook Companies – 3
In this third article in this series, Robert begins a series of responses to Sarah's questions. Sarah had said:
Too Much Junk?
One of the most severe things we can do to ourselves as teachers is to collect so much information, so many different strategies and activities, that we can't manage all of it. This is actually a form of self-harm. When
What is the Goal?
A teacher wrote to me in an email this week: Q. Ben I am thinking of joining your PLC, but what would you say is the real goal of it so I can make my decision and see if I want
Webinar on Reading Next Week
Next Wednesday night (Dec. 19th) I am doing a webinar for Teacher's Discovery on why reading is so important in a CI language program. All are welcome. It will be a 45-minute session on their website beginning at 8:00 p.m.
Questions for Textbook Companies – 2
Robert starts out by presenting some questions he had read on the moretprs listserve: On the moretprs Yahoo group, one of the members made inquiry about dealing with a textbook adoption and questions for textbook company representatives. I replied with some