Charlotte sent her bio and thank you! Hello Ben, My name is Charlotte Dincher from Bremen, Germany. I have been teaching on a solid full schedule for only three years now, but I have done less hours for a long time during my studies and teacher training. I teach English and Chemistry at a German state […]
Below, Sabrina sheds light on the current thread about targeting structures. I add it here because it clearly expresses one side of the many-sided prism that this discussion has become. I think it is important not to try to draw conclusions here. As Dr. Krashen told me pointedly in my high school last year, he
Chris I did find a few studies Dr. Krashen sent me last year: Two Recent Studies In both cases, TPRS was compared to traditional methodology for first year Spanish as a foreign language students in high school. Varguez, K. 2009. Traditional and TPR Storytelling instrucion in beginning high school Spanish classroom. International Journal of Foreign
Robert clarifies the difference between two key words in education. We would all do well to have these terms ready in our minds for administrators/parents or whoever else wants to know. Thank you Robert: I’m not a resource specialist, but our staff has done a good job of working with us to be able to
Mary Beth asked: Why can’t these little snippets of success count as “data”? Because one thing we do have is plenty of happy customers and lots of anecdotal evidence. Robert’s response to Mary Beth’s question is worth noting and worth reading a few times at least: They can and should. The problem is that they are
I wrote this today to a building data person who has begun working with our WL team to discuss the scores from the DPS district fall pre-test. She came into our PLC yesterday without knowing the research, which prompted this long missive from me, so that our weekly department discussions with her could in the future be
I know that Bob Patrick has done work in England, and he works closely with John Piazza and David Maust and the other Latinists in our PLC to keep things together in the Latin world here in the U.S., but John in the article below is reaching out to the larger community with a question
I teach Spanish at a small (225 student) Christian high school in Portland, Oregon. When I interviewed for the job five years ago, I asked the principal what he thought of their current Spanish program. (I had observed the teacher who was leaving and found it to be a traditional textbook class.) He said he
A few weeks ago Chris Roberts communicated again by email with Ryan Wertz, the World Language Consultant for the Ohio Dept. of Education. What he got back from Ryan, given what we knew about him up to this point is, in Chris’ words, “damning, powerful and empowering. It may boost morale to see these comments
We tend to think that, if the words on the Word Walls are taught and used in class, the kids have acquired them. Is this true? I think that we always assume that they have acquired more than they actually have. Simplicity and narrow and deep gets it. In my level 2 classes, I have
This is about the fifth person in our group, starting with Chris in the early fall, who has been in a position similar to the one described below. This time it’s Jen. I don’t know what to say. Can those who have been there arm Jen with something? Maybe something from the Administrator/Teacher/Parent Re-education category, but what? Honestly, though,
Hi Ben, Before I begin with my bio, I would like to thank you with my heart and soul for the incredible contribution you and this blog have made to my professional life. I know many feel the same, but I need to tell you myself how truly amazing it is to be part of
