In a recent comment, jen said this about Robert’s Essential Sentences: …I love the Essential Sentences! I have not used this as an exam yet, but plan to do this for sure. I actually used it as a sub activity. So great! It is an excellent tool for the teacher to determine how deeply the […]
This is taken from a response in comment form to Kevin a little while ago. I think it was a comment but I wanted to make it a post. It is just more discussion about a fact that I must keep trying to remember if the method is to work for me – that learning
Beth is new to the group – welcome, Beth! – and asks this great question. I hope we can provide some concrete answers: Hi Ben, I’m so excited that I finally got subscribed to your blog today. I have been using TPRS for over 15 years. We haven’t had textbooks for that long and I
Melissa has some important questions. Let’s provide her with some great responses: Hi Ben, I am back to having a hard time again. I feel so all-over-the place with this stuff. I feel like the stuff my students shout out for cute answers are so all over the place… like I’ll ask where did
Reading novels could replace traditional TPRS storytelling. We should look at the idea, at least. It is possible that we can do more with less effort when we base our comprehension based instruction on reading instead of on the three steps of TPRS. I am going to start writing a lot about that and may
Here are the last two clips from the story – Brrr! by Jim Tripp – done in November with a combined level 3 and 4 class in their first year of TPRS. The first two clips are the PQA to set up the story, the second two clips are the story, and these are the reading class
MB wants some advice from the group. She’s going to get a ton of answers from us and we are all going to say exactly the same thing, because there is only one thing to say in this situation: Hi Ben – I had a student ask me for a reference/recommendation. She failed my second
I had an interesting conversation over the weekend. On Saturday I attended the memorial service for the mother of some friends. During the reception I spoke with a Spanish teacher who just retired at the end of last year. He told me that his school has gone to TPRS, and with the way it was
Leigh Anne reports from California: Wow, what a difference the new jGR and jobs has made for me and my students this year! Final exam time and I had 150 French I students applying themselves like I have never seen in my classroom in my life! Thanks again Ben. If I could paint a picture
Cheryl reports from Connecticut: I had a great experience Friday at a World Language meeting! I have been working with the same group of teachers for quite a while, and while I am the only CI practitioner, several come down on the communication side of what I think of as the “old way”. At this
I had an insight about Point and Pause while reading Charlotte’s description of how to do the Wall Zoo. She wrote that she would use the kids’ personalized animals on the wall to ask questions like this: ..does the polar bear live in Alaska or in Afrika? Does the shark eat the penguin? Does the giraffe live
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