When Observed – 1
If you scroll down to the bottom of the categories list, you will see both the "When Attacked" and the "When Observed" categories. These two
Time to End the Charade?
A great hypocrisy when an admin asks you during a pre-observation meeting "What will the students be able to do after the lesson?" is to
When Attacked – 6
What about rigor? Some language teachers say that teaching using comprehensible input is too “easy” for the students and so they succeed too much, earning
When Attacked – 5
The Chef Everything rests upon the main research idea that language acquisition is an unconscious process. Here’s an image to drive the point home: The unconscious
When Attacked – 4
The Chef Everything rests upon the main research idea that language acquisition is an unconscious process. Here’s an image to drive the point home: The unconscious
When Attacked – 3
Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky said, back in the 1960s: “Grammar [is] acquired by virtually everyone, effortlessly, rapidly, in a uniform manner, merely by living in a
When Attacked – 2
A Big Pill The idea that we have no control over how languages are acquired and cannot think our way to acquisition is a big pill
When Attacked – 1
When we get observed, we often realize how truly out of touch our evaluators are. They don't get the research. It makes for a very
How CI Works
Personalized discussion provides the glue for the process. During the class we don’t go out of bounds - we keep things simple for our students
Mission Statement
You are welcome to share this with anyone who wants to more about your work with CI: Despite huge expenditures of public funds, most language students