As some of us know Dr. Robert Patrick teaches a graduate course in education at the University of Georgia (LLED 7045 Comprehensible Input and Second Language Acquisition). He recently forwarded to me an interesting exchange with a student: Ben, I am copying below, with her permission but without her name, an email dialogue with one […]
Hi Ben, So like all other teachers in New York City, and New York state, I got observed under the Danielson rubric. And, it went well! I wasn’t worried about the classroom environment sections because that’s all about procedures and having a pleasant classroom. But I was worried about instruction. Well, my principal loved my
This is from a November 3, 2011 article on the website of Cambridge University. It reflects exactly what we all need to keep in mind when thinking about how we teach languages: Unconscious learning could be the secret to speeding up learning a second language. When linguists talk about unconscious or implicit language learning, they
1. The Primer hard link is now up. 2. An Acronyms hard link is now up. 3. The Forum now has two parts, one for general discussion and one for specific questions. I am happy that we finally have a place where our newer members can go to get a specific question answered that same
1. We will have our Primer hard link for administrators up and running in the next few days. If you are just hearing about this, the Primer is a document that we all agree we have needed for some time, a short document that can be quickly printed and handed to any administrator wanting a
Thank you for the bios. They along with the normal flow of articles from the queue will start to appear once we are through this current stoppage for the redesign, the addition of the forum, and the verification of group members’ accounts. Please do the following: 1. Visit this link: https://benslavic.com/blog/alphabetized-list-of-current-plc-members/ to confirm accuracy of
I have received good primer material. Thank you. In discussion with Robert and Carol we have decided to base the primer on Robert’s ten points. We should all agree that it is the final document we want before we actually post it as a category and as a hard link, of course. The ten point
Here is an alphabetized list of active paid PLC members. I apologize in advance for any inaccuracies. If there are errors in the spelling of names or emails or changes in status please let me know at benslavic@yahoo.com. Suzanne Adler Email: sadler@cshnyc.org Zach Al Moreno Email: zalmoreno@aes.ac.in Mike Alexander Email: ramblinmike@hotmail.com Robert Allen Email: rallen@kellettschool.com
I’ve decided to hold back new posts, except bios, until further notice to do some housekeeping, namely: 1. I need to go through and make sure that only paid members are reading here. I do that about once a year. In the next few days I will publish a list of all paid members with
All members of this group are asked to send in a bio. Where do you teach? Why are you in this group? What do you hope to get from the group? One short paragraph is enough. Why do I ask for bios? You really don’t want to know. All I can say is that this
We have agreed that we need to produce a primer for those who want to read about TPRS/CI so that they can understand that this work we promote is the new normal in language teaching. I agree. It would be wonderful to just print off something from a hard link here and hand it to
Dear Ben: There is too much background to easily fill in and I am fine after a few uncertain days, but I had the following conversation with the Rector of my school – the man who signs the check! He is extremely happy with what I am doing in French. Loves everything about it. He
