Sylvia, who works with AIM up in Canada, sent these links. The second one is really amazing because of the recall level of details of the kids – they remembered every single detail of a story!
As you know, I have started a blog following the progress of my first year AIM students. I also videotape my 2nd and 3rd year AIM students from time to time (grades 4 & 5). Here is some recent footage, if you’re curious to see the level of fluency they reach. The students are retelling the play we are currently studying in class:
http://www.vimeo.com/9923019
password: aimlanguage
http://www.vimeo.com/9924647 (this clip is more impressive since I’m not prompting with any questions)
password: aimlanguage
Syl