Q. Is it more important to focus on and use strategies that bring the greatest gains or strategies that focus on keeping the kids’ interest high?
A. When the kids’ interest is the highest, the gains are the highest. Its’ not so much if the strategy looks like it is capable of bringing great gains but if the kids’ are into it. You can see it on their faces. When they are engaged and focused on the meaning and not the language then the language gains are the highest.