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Waldorf

This is from Michele: Dear Ben, After I read this link about learning to read in Waldorf, I wrote a letter to our local school about how well I would fit in there as a language teacher! I couldn’t believe the parallels. http://blog.bellalunatoys.com/2011/waldorf-reading.html Michele [Ed. note: Below is the part that jumped out for me personally. […]

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K/VP

From Michael Coxon: Check out Dr. Stephen Krashen and Professor Bill Van Patten discussing the field of language learning at ACTFL 2015: Opening the show: 46 minutes in the middle: Closing the show: You can listen to archived shows at:

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Reading Question

When doing snowplow reading, Linda reads in the TL and if the kids don’t know a word they stomp their feet and only then does she explain the meaning to them in L1. Is this the best way to do it? Or is it better to read in L1 to them while they read in

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Susan Gross Was Right

Blaine came up to me some years ago – I think it was NTPRS 2009 in TX – and asked what I thought about Susie saying that the kids should “snow plow” through the book or if perhaps (his) Read and Discuss was better. I remember that the topic was “up” at that time. I

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Link

The link below is connected to Grant’s work, but is not an actual link directly connected to his ACTFL application process. Check it out anyway: Why Build Inequity into the Fabric of Class? – Methods Class Feedback 3 of 6 – “E”

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Another Link – Grant

Here is another link to Grant teaching for those who have already looked at the first two: https://youtu.be/66joYg3I96A (44 min.) I have stuck the two previous posts about Grant’s need for our help at the top of the posted articles for a reason: Grant’s deadline is coming up and he needs our help. Some have

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Spin a Web!

This is from Alisa: Ben, Hello from Chicagoland! Check out this post to Nandu for a groan and an eye-roll: Nandu. Together You Will Spin A Web I like doing an ‘exit’ ticket or check in. So for instance today, we learned that the -car and -gar verbs change in the yo form for the

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