Krashen talks about the Natural Approach. Blaine Ray creates stories with his students in a most natural and effortless way. Susan Gross talks about the need to personalize our classrooms – what is more natural than that? We can always get more relaxed with our kids, more natural with them. But the big irony is […]
The queue is seriously jammed, maybe the worst ever. There are questions from PLC members and at least one hundred unpublished articles. But as the moderator I have to allow the flow of articles to be reasonable and not overwhelming, with preference given to questions from new people. So if you are waiting on something
Don’t forget to read around in these two categories: Starting the Year Beginning the Year Find them on the right side of the page in the categories list. There are lots and lot of articles on those topics and now is the time to read them.
Hi Ben here is my bio: French Teacher at Shepaug Valley Middle & High School (all levels – we are tiny) Region 12 Washington CT This year I am also instructional leader. Although this happened by chance and default, I see it as an opportunity to really implement TPRS. We just transitioned to 100% TPRS
Deena sent us her bio: Hi Ben, As a newbie, I am not sure how to go about adressing the group and haven’t yet seen fit to reply to anything just yet. I would like to introduce myself and ask some questions so here goes: My name is Deena and I’ve been teaching Spanish “on
This is from our new PLC member Megan Green and thank you Megan: I work at General McLane High School in Edinboro, PA. This is my 3rd year back to work after 10 years off when I had my two children. Before I stopped working, I attended a Blaine Ray TPRS workshop (back when it
We need to stop thinking and working under the crippling aspects of fear. We can work rather in a sense of trust that all will be well. The method demands that. It demands courage. Nobody is going to come in and discover that we are seriously flawed and summarily kick us out of the building. Many
This repost from June is a cobbling together of ideas from comments made by Jody and Sabrina about CWB and OWI last spring. I think it is an important read if you want to make the beginning of the year work for you with CWB and OWI this year. The general point, from Jody and supported
Daniel Navar mentioned his new, rather odd schedule in a comment today so I thought I would post that article now. The amount of minutes we have with our classes is, in my view, a key factor in all we do, how we plan, etc. So if anyone has any ideas for Dan on how to negotiate
Diane Neubauer and Haiyun Lu report: Chinese teacher conference in Milwaukee Oct. 11 & 12: Friday, 10/11: “Learning and the Brain” with Dr. Judy Willis – Brain-friendly teaching and learning strategies Saturday, 10/12: “Advanced TPRS with Mandarin” with Dr. Terry Waltz – Using Comprehensible Input methods with the unique needs of Mandarin language Cost: $100
So we know that we want to personalize and set the rules firmly in place over the first two months, but we also might want to make sure that those first 20 hours of instruction (the first month and a half minus necessary English in the first week to set the table) are done 98%
Some may remember from last spring that our own Bob Patrick is teaching a graduate course in the World Language and Literature Department at the University of Georgia this fall. It begins on Wednesday night, Aug 14. There are currently twelve graduate students enrolled. The class was offered to Bob after a workshop he did at
