With this installment we have the final chapter in Nordseepirat, with congratulations to Robert. Now, let’s be clear about what this means in terms of our creating materials together, hopefully using Ben’s list as we learn to work together in that interest. This novel will be available for use by PLC members at no charge […]

Here is the last of those ridiculous conversations. But there are hundreds of them all over the internet going on every day. Are the kids really that bad? Is there anything that their behavior may be trying to address to these adults, in the only way they know how? Did these teachers really get sent

Here is another one of those ridiculous conversations: Teacher 1: Is there something in the air today? I had the same type of day with my 8th grade students. I just wanted to let you two know that you are not alone. Teacher 2: It’s funny you wrote this, because I was going to ask

This from Chris today: I went to our state’s FL conference over the weekend and first of all, Susan Gross is fantastic! Second, I ran into one of the Spanish teachers at our high school and she asked me “You use that TPRS, don’t you?”. She tried sounding nice when asking this question, and it

I found this absurd conversation between two teachers online in a language discussion group for teachers. Who the teachers are doesn’t matter. Rather, I bring it to the attention of our group because it displays a very common mindset among language teachers that kids whine and don’t hand in work due to faults in their

We must stay conscious of what is really happening here. It is the end of one way of doing things on the AP and the beginning of another. A deep and dramatic paradigm shift that has been decades in coming has finally reached its tipping point. It’s been coming since 1963 – search the article

Lead and Gold It is springtime, and the “Likedeeler” have problems. A huge fleet with two new ships is searching for them. On the thirteenth of March ships sailed from Lübeck. They met ships from Hamburg and formed a huge fleet. This huge fleet is now sailing to East Frisia. The Hanseatic League wants to

Blei und Gold Es ist Frühling, und es gibt Probleme für die Likedeeler. Eine große Flotte mit zwei neuen Schiffen sucht sie. Am 13. März sind Schiffe von Lübeck losgesegelt. Sie trafen Schiffe von Hamburg und bildeten sich zu einer großen Flotte. Diese große Flotte segelt jetzt nach Ostfriesland. Die Hanse will die Likedeeler ganz

…… And The Whole World’s Foe  Götz has to think a long time about what Pitt has said.  He thinks that the rich man is not acting justly if he does not help poor people.  But the Victual Brother is not acting justly either, if he steals and kills, even if he gives part of

The new design of this site is now completed, so go check it out:  www.benslavic.com If you find errors, and there will  perhaps be many, please let me know. Comments and/or suggestions are welcome. Go see your testimonial and thanks again for those. Some are still being added. The overall goal was to make it easier

Drew requested a list of best Matava scripts for levels 1 and 2. If you wish, and have three to five really good ones that you could rank in order of effectiveness in the classroom at whatever level, pls. comment below. I would bet that the best scripts are the same for many of us. My

… und aller Welt Feind Götz muss lange an das denken, was Pitt sagt. Er denkt, der reiche Mann handelt nicht gerecht, wenn er den armen Leuten nicht hilft. Der Vitalienbruder handelt aber auch nicht gerecht, wenn er stiehlt und tötet, auch wenn er einen Teil von seiner Beute an die armen Leute gibt. Er