This second reading created from the story “Valentine’s Day” is from Level 2, written in the future tense, which I did not expect to happen. The plot gets a little off-script, and I substitute some of the extended structures for others that we’ve been using in class lately (parecer, meter, escrito), because I wanted to […]

From my Spanish 1 group, the group that has only had a few weeks with me now: ———— Un Dulce Especial Spencer recibe algo para el Día de San Valentín. No recibe algo grande. Recibe algo muy pequeño. Es un dulce pequeño. Es un dulce especial. Es un mini dulce romántico y especial para el

Here is the first chapter of Robert’s book. Since we have no plan yet, we can just start here and see what happens. The only word I know is bitte so I guess the German teachers will be running point on this. By the way, I am very glad that Johnna Little, who teaches German

International Forum on Language Teaching (iFLT) Conference July 17 – 19, 2012 Breckenridge, CO (This is the week before NTPRS)   The International Forum on Language Teaching is a three day conference focused on comprehension based strategies through interactive teacher training.The iFLT 2012 Conference will feature: •Learning Lab Model with master teachers, teaching small groups

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Does anyone have a good suggestion for Chris? Please post.   Hi Ben,In my Seminar in Research and Theory in FL Education graduate class my professor would like me to do a lecture and demonstration, or as I call it a ‘mini-workshop’, on TPRS.  I’m probably the only person within a 30 mile radius that

I wrote this here in 2008: I believe the prime responsibility of a teacher is to convey a sense of happiness, of lightness, to their students. In my opinion, a lot of Joe Neilson’s genius lies in this quality of fun that he naturally brings to his students. No kid wants to offer cute ideas

This is from Jim Tripp. He said that he would send a reading in a few days to go with it if anybody wants to use it. Candy Hearts stuck to Spell it! I don’t care Carl receives a Valentine from Miley Cyrus. There is a piece of candy stuck to the card. Bobbie asks

This is a very good option for your first story when you are ready. Skip Crosby suggested that I post this here. He said: …even for veterans this is helpful.  These structures are magical. They have legs of their own.  For level 1 they are golden. Both my rookie colleague and I used this with amazing

I was getting nervous about Dr. Krashen coming in last week and Diana told me to just not get too “creative” and simply teach using comprehensible input. It was great advice and I recommend it to you if you get observed. I am starting to see lists of CI activities. Fine, but don’t let them

Yesterday way was a true Friday, right? Restless adolescents in the middle of winter with too many teachers jawing at them about stuff they are truly too young to appreciate and whose  minds were not really on learning and mostly focused on being teenagers. I just want to share something from today. I don’t generally

I got this question today: Ben, Do you believe in 100-word free writes (or even ‘topic writes’, challenging them with a certain topic, perhaps what we PQA’d about) as a permanent, daily fixture in my 95 minute classes (which is all of them, all week)?  Just picking your brain here… And should they be timed?