It is more than reasonable to offer newer teachers, who naturally need practice with the basic TPRS/CI skills of Circling and SLOW, etc., some options to stories that work with kids and give them that needed practice before they even try a story. The activities described on the Resource page of this site on the […]
Here is a bio from Charlotte: Hi Group, I am Charlotte Rempel Kroeker and I am now entering my 29th year of teaching German as a second language in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I helped pioneer the German Bilingual Program in Winnipeg at the Kindergarten level in 1984 and then progressed through teaching Grades 1, 2
I would like to nominate Karen for Teacher of the Week in our group, because she just so much tells it like it is here, in a comment made last week: …I’m willing to have a somewhat rough year and figure it’s a little like being a first-year teacher again. The goal is worth it:
Karen said this: ….[What] is up with these bratty egotistical kids that think they know how to teach a language better than a language teacher?… The obvious answers are parents and TV shows – the kids often grow up with those kinds of images of what a teacher is. But, as per the prayer of our
The text below is from the Teacher’s Discovery website. Never in my career would I have dreamed that such a wonderful opportunity would have come my way. The text in bold is the great part. We are indeed lucky to be teaching at a time when we can get this kind of support from corporations:
Chris continues: Ben, Remember that video I set to you about the newest, most awesome thing in the world of Spanish education? Remember? Remember that awesome digital textbook Voces? If not, I will resend you the email. If you do remember, keep on reading. Below is an email I”m forwarding to you from Teacher’s Discovery,
Got this from Chris: Ben, If you want to see something truly pathetic, that epitomizes the mentality of so many FL teachers here in the 21st century, look no further. I present to you “Voces”, the newest product that Teacher’s Discovery is peddling to the FL teaching community. Not only is it pathetic, it’s dangerous.
Something thing that really bugs me is how some of us are trying to do too much. We’re loading up our plates at the salad bar and trying everything. Why should we do that? It just leads to confusion. I am not overeating. I do PQA on Monday, stories on Tuesday which carry over to Wednesday if needed,
Many articles you have sent me by private email have been shoved back into the queue by time. My intent is to always get them in the queue for eventual publication. But now, for the first time, I can see that some are not going to ever be published simply due to the volume of everything. I
So we have readings based on/connected to stories, and we have the novels, and there is another cool way to read. If you are looking for block filler-uppers, this is the ticket, along with dictation. So you set up the LCD or however you do that and you just sit on a stool next to
Most of us have been doing a lot less reading than auditory input in the form of PQA, Extended PQA and stories. It’s just that way at the beginning of the year. Especially if it’s a level 1 course, right? WhY? Because the kids need to have heard the language a bit before they can begin
Mary Beth mentioned this tonight in a comment and we really need to know it. I think John mentioned it a few months ago. We just really need to know how this thing is just moving faster and faster into our laps every day. I would really like to see how a traditional book/computer based language
