I got this from Michele: Looks from these descriptions of webinars that ACTFL is serious: http://actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5345

Most teachers, really unfortunately, just soldier on until they collapse at the end of the year, when that is completely unnecessary. When I don’t want to teach, I teach what I call fake classes: FVR – 10 min. Reading Class – here we just read to them in L1 while they follow along in the

 The following applies to reading  novels, not stories, which is described in: https://benslavic.com/blog/wp-admin/post.php?post=13558&action=edit&message=1 When we simply read aloud to the students in L1 while they follow along in the book, they are experiencing full CI in the form of reading a novel. They are fully in the TL during this time. They are creating a

God’s Friend Marienhafe, Eastern Frisia Winter, 1400-1401 The Sea Tiger is sailing fast, although the ship is full of plunder, for there is a following wind. In three weeks and four days they will be back home. Everybody is happy. While they are sailing everybody can take something he wants to have. They will give

Gottes Freund Marienhafe, Ostfriesland Winter, 1400-1401 Der Seetiger segelt schnell, auch wenn das Schiff voll ist, denn sie haben den Wind im Rücken. In drei Wochen und vier Tagen werden sie zu Hause sein. Alle sind froh. Während sie segeln, darf jeder etwas nehmen, das er haben will. Die anderen Sachen werden sie in Friesland

<<Boy!>>, laughs Jan, the old gray quartermaster.  <<Shiver me timbers, you are not all there!  Or did you not hear my story?  We are Likedeeler! We are freebooters!  What do you think?  We are on a raid.>> Götz turns red. <<Oh yeah, … shiver me timbers>>, he says. Everybody laughs.  Pitt, the apprentice, who was

Auf Kaperfahrt <<Junge!>>, lacht Jan, der alte, graue Quartermeister. <<Beim Klabautermann, du bist nicht ganz dicht! Oder hast du meine Geschichte nicht gehört? Wir sind die Likedeeler! Wir sind Freibeuter! Was denkste? Wir sind doch auf Kaperfahrt.>> Götz wird rot. <<Ach ja, . . . beim Klabautermann>>, sagt er. Alle lachen. Pitt der Jungmann, der

SSR of the current  class novel – 10 min. 1st half of PQA, a story, or a reading class, depending on what day of the week it is – 15 min. See Suggested Weekly Schedule (2012) for more on how the week is scheduled. Break, call roll, texting time – 5 min. 2nd half of

I’m going to hold up the queue for four or five days for needed discussion on the past ten or so articles. I need feedback from the group on the content of the past week’s articles before moving to any new stuff so that I can learn from them. Also I have some requests for some “catch-up”

I’m afraid that the push for simplicity is leading to more complexity. There are four very important blog entries here on this site, however, that, if used in a conscious way, can go a long way in creating a semblance of order to guide the CI teacher to a modicum of simplicity next year. They

The thing on this article is whether we read to them in L1 or L2   1. Go through the chapter that will be read that day and find any scenes that might lend themselves to being acted out. 2. When class begins, the class reads from the book, keeping their fingers on the words

A story from Jim:  The St. Patty’s Day Pinch  has on (or is wearing) can’t see is only looking at pinches Shirin has on a green sweater. Elliot can’t see the green, because he is only looking at Shirin’s feet. So Elliot pinches her.  Larry has on green sunglasses. Monica can’t see the green, because