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Q. So how do you really feel about Can Do statements, Ben? A. Thank you for asking! I think that they are about as useful as a screen door in a submarine because they favor the few. We can't teach that
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Deep down, I feel that it is best for our mental health to not have to plan, and I mean zero planning. The no-planning approach is also best for our students in terms of language gains when we don't plan. THE
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Our group member Laura Avila in Maine has written this on Can Do statements: Hi Ben - Next week we are getting another layer of police inspection into our teaching under the title of “Learning Walks”. They want to see us using
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The discussion about targeting certain expressions so that our students "can do" certain things (order a meal, etc.) in the TL raises questions about the nature of language. What is the nature of language and what is its purpose? To
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Angie addressed tbe topic of Can Do statements in 2015 here. What she wrote could apply to almost any aspect of traditional language education. I felt a deep connection to every word. If someone asked me why I am so
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In an article in The Language Educator, Nicole Sherf (Salem State University) and Tiesa Graf (South Hadley High School, Massachusetts) gnash their teeth at the number of times cocktail-party acquaintances have said they took multiple years of a foreign language
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Q. Without tools like Can Do statements, how are we supposed to evaluate what our students can do? A. Why is it so important to evaluate what our kids can do with he language, esp. at such an early age? They
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Q. If teaching kids how to meet important benchmarks like the Can Do Statements is not what we should be doing, then what do you think is the best use of time in a foreign language classroom? A. The best use
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Q. So what needs to happen now? A. Teachers need to go back and read and re-read more carefully what Dr. Krashen has said and figure out ways to truly implement his ideas so that they work on behalf of kids
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A repost from 2014: What Angie wrote today about Can Do statements could apply to almost any aspect of traditional language education, I felt a deep connection to every word. If someone asked me why I am so opposed to the