It may be too complex an undertaking, but could we perhaps suggest in the comment fields below ideas that would allow us to define together what the term “progress” means in a comprehensible input classroom? Our definition should of course align with what the research suggests, and so of course it would not reflect the […]
Tina reports from a class today: “OK, so I have this new rubric I made for the new book called the Speaking Rubric. It basically has the kids working in partnerships and speaking to each other to respond to questions and it has them score their partner’s utterances on a 1-5 scale, with 1 being
What causes teachers to quit on non-targeted comprehensible input before they even try it? Why do many of them reject it as something they won’t do, sometimes vehemently? After all, NT instruction aligns with the research far more than TPRS does. Perhaps this occurs because many teachers, esp. considering how they were taught themselves, consciously
A question for the group from Ben Lev: ..I work in a small, new charter high school and for most of seven years have been the only Spanish teacher, using TPRS/CI and it’s great. The curriculum through the levels focuses on mastery of high freq words, esp verbs, using class stories, novels, Movie Talk etc.
Dana would like some responses on this: …I had my mid-year PLP meeting today and my VP suggested I do an action research paper. I just need to get some ideas on what areas we could use data. Please let me know if you have ideas….
Here is Derek Heckman’s presentation on non-targeted CI at UNO MALT Colloquium, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018: Also a colleague of Derek presented in Nebraska this past weekend, Jamie Demson Honke:
This year the Cascadia conference is happening June 10-June 13, again in Portland, OR. Here is the link: https://cc972.wordpress.com/schedule/
Greg asks: Hi everyone. My school just bought a subscription to a Curriculum Management System called EduPlanet 21. Basically we will have to submit unit plans on there. Has anyone used this platform or had experience with it? I’m afraid of upcoming micromanagement/obstacles to NT…..
From Julia, who is just getting the Invisibles going in her classroom: OK, I assigned jobs and we created our first character. There was A LOT of excitement and talking over each other. I forgot to post the Classroom Rules but I will for next class. The excitement felt good but the chaos didn’t. I
Hello Ben, This is a question for the group. We in the department of FL have to come up with a curriculum 6-12 by the end of February. The French teacher is grammar-book based. I proposed to the coordinator that we have two curriculum one for each language, but she said only one was possible.
Tina sent me this from the new video course she is writing. It is from the first section called “Foundations of CI Instruction” and is a lecture on questioning techniques. She asked me to post it here so she can get feedback and ideas from the group. Here is the text that needs critiquing: I
