In a recent comment here, in response to the “Dream Necklace” post, David Maust wrote this about his experience with a Latin 2 class this year: …another thing I noticed this year with a class I had last year that was really tough, is that this year they have blossomed beyond what I ever would […]

Got this from Brigitte today: Hi Ben, I was asked to teach a college level intro German course during the summer session, beginning at the end of May.  It will be a very intensive course, jamming two semesters worth of beginner level German into a 6 week course that meets 4 times a week for

There were like 12 people over today to see Annick do a learning lab in Mandarin. Some floated over to my classroom toward the end of the day. Reuben Vyn, our second year teacher in DPS who teaches at George Washington High School, was in that group. Reubyn is the only teacher I know in our

With the launch of the new site, I have lowered the monthly cost of membership in the PLC to $4.95/month. If you don’t see that reflected in your next payment statement from PayPal, let me know and I will fix it. Members not currently paying for membership, in the interest of overall fairness, will be asked to do

Those going to either conference this summer please let us know so that we can look forward to seeing you. Just say who you are and which conference you will be attending in a comment field below.

I’m making this comment from Robert into a post to make sure all concerned see it. It takes a village: Hi Ben, I just finished proofreading the English version once again and re-formatted everything into a single document. Can you let the PLC know that anyone who wants to “pilot” or otherwise use the reader

This is a repost from last November. I feel that the stress now in April is much much higher than then so I am reposting it: Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky’s long work with baboons has revealed that the big stress is on those lower down in heirarchical systems. Those at the top don’t get the

Elissa:  On Wednesday night this week for the parent curriculum night I will have two 20 minute slots to do a demo class for parents and am thinking about what to do. Am leaning toward the “has/wants” thing… Would love your thoughts on this…. Ben: There was a blog discussion at some point about parent/curriculum

In January Kate was called out in a post observation email by an administrator who doesn’t yet understand how people acquire languages. (That is an understatement.) We asked for help from the group, not just academically in terms of pro-Krashen statements of support that she could share with this administrator, but also emotionally, to deal with the

I got this email from a Chinese teacher of small kids: Do you have any idea where I can find TPRS stories with simple pictures? They are hard to find. Any ideas out there about what are the best materials for younger kids in terms of creating stories?

To get video of ourselves teaching is a real challenge. We can all agree that the reticence on sending in videos to share with others here is well-founded and very understandable for all of us. It’s a pain in the rear to set up the camera, we have to get releases from the students, we have to be

Maybe somebody can provide an answer to this question from Annemarie: Q. Are there any blog posts about the faster processors, the students that just get it right away? I have this handful of students in my 6th, 7th and 8th grade classes who find the books we read super easy. I go too slowly