Here’s a question from Kevin Clemens: Hey Ben, I’ve been thinking a lot about the overall scope of my Latin program, and about what next year needs to look like for me. I’ve been left with the following question: Should I set aside the books? This is a question for everyone, but feedback from the […]

Here is the latest from Bob, very positive news: Hey Ben, quick note before I head to school.  World Lang and Lit Ed chair contacted me yesterday–asking me to teach for them next year–adjunct course.  Willing to let me create a hybrid where I am only there once a week, online, combo, whatever, and to

From Bob: Cool thing happened today.  Our Language Arts Department took most of our sophomores to see a Shakespeare play today, so in my last period class we only had 15 instead of the usual 33.  My student teacher was planning to teach the class anyway (why not, right).  The 15 who were there went

Here is a letter Bob sent out to his Latin group and other groups, including our PLC: Dear friends, By now most of you have heard that I was honored this past week to be named the Teacher of the Year for the Southern region (SCOLT) which comes under the umbrella of ACTFL (The American

Applaudissez! Bob has been named Teacher of the Year for the Southern region. We are lucky to have him as a regular reader and contributor to the group. Next year at ACTFL, the five regional conference winners will compete for ACTFL Teacher of the Year. We wish Bob luck. His stance on CI being so strong,

Discussion Limitations of this study. Although this study adds to the growing body of research that supports comprehensible input-based methods, there are limitations to this study.  First, this study consisted of rather small sample sizes, only two comparison groups, one with 29 students and one with 30 students.  This small sample size may not be

Methods and Procedures Participants    The participants in this study consist of two groups of Spanish 1 students in a suburban public middle school in northeast Ohio.  This school, consisting of 7th and 8th graders, has a population in the 900 range.  In that, 4.0% is black, non-Hispanic; 91.1% White; 21.7% economically disadvantaged; and 12.7%

Empirical Research/Previous Comparative Research While the current body of empirical research on comprehensible-input based instruction such as TPRS is low, it is growing.  Studies have been conducted that show that the use of comprehensible input-based methods is effective in language acquisition. A study conducted by Beniko Mason found that story-telling is as effective as more

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I haven’t yet met Chris personally but I can tell from our communication that he is a man on a mission. That is a good thing. During this past year he handled family responsibilities and professional duties and threw in a master’s thesis on top of that. So he has asked us for some feedback on his

A group member sent this question in: My school has chosen me to lead our department in training the FL teachers to teach IB b/c our school is going wall to wall IB next year.They are sending me to this FLIBS (The Florida League of International Baccalaureate Schools, Inc.) training. I’m wondering if it will

We are making it through April, which is big news in itself. To various relative degrees, we are all hurting, certainly. Teaching does that. I think it was Hazrat Inayat Kahn who said that spirituality is right adjustment to other people. I hope that includes teens. April saw us bust open the SBG topic, led by