Circling Practice

Keri brought our attention back to a thread on Circling from last year in which Laurie Clarcq gave us a tour de force talk on Circling. She called it a practice and I am sure some of us will relate to that term in the sense that in this work there is no end goal […]

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Australia Update

Bu Kathy, teaching Indonesian in Australia, has shared an update. Catharina in NJ and Kathy are doing 1:1 coaching sessions via Skype. So that she could share it with other Indonesian teachers, she blogged about it this morning. Here is the link: https://bucathydotcom.wordpress.com

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Call for Course Descriptions

PLC member Mochan asked in the Forum about course descriptions. Mochan has realized that, along with other transitions to teaching with CI, course descriptions can be adapted to reflect the process and goals of our fluency classes. Besides meeting an administrative requirement, well-written course descriptions can be used during the school year to help inform

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Van Patten Webinar

Laurie reports: Hi Ben! I don’t know how many people saw this, but it could be very interesting! Bill Van Patten, in conjunction with Santanilla Publishing is offering a one hour webinar entitled “Against “Rules”” Here is the description: The acquisition of a second language is often described as the learning of rules. But what

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