From a Colleague
I was discussing with my coordinator (at the university) my ideas that using tprs could help us with our lower level retention issues, particularly with minority students. She always wants to "see the research" on things, wants data, wants statistics.
After Krashen
John sent this: Ben, I thought you'd either be horrified or entertained by the description of a panel at this year's upcoming American Philological Association meeting. It is called "After Krashen." What amazes me is that the working assumption seems to be
Input vs. Output 2
This content from a recent response by Robert to Jody on http://www.benslavic.com/blog/2011/12/05/ohio-may-have-a-problem/ cannot be ignored so I am reposting it here as a blog entry: I have to agree with Jody. Most programs ignore the importance of the conversation, i.e. the interpersonal component. I also question
Input vs. Output 1
This content from a recent comment by Jody on http://www.benslavic.com/blog/2011/12/05/ohio-may-have-a-problem/ cannot be ignored so I am reposting it here as a blog entry:
University Student Classroom Observation
More from Byrce and AshLee: (posted by Bryce Hedstrom at his site http://www.brycehedstrom.com/2011/university-student-classroom-observation) These are some further reflections by AshLee, a student at Colorado State University. I had presented on TPRS in her Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages class and she came
Brian Found an Article
I have been meaning to get this article into an edited form. Brian highlighted some particularly important passages in green but I put them in pink below because it shows up better. It's worth the long read for obvous reasons. I love that
Working With Scripts
Just a detail. If you are working from a Matava script, always remember, when referring to the script during the development of the story, that the underlined words are the variables and therefore need to be replaced by cute answers
You Don't Have to Finish the Story
I was just thinking about how I have these three things I really want to do with the kids today: 1. Finish our learning styles inventories, which have nothing to do with French but are really getting us to know each
Asking A Story
I was talking to Lynn in Canada and she was asking about using story scripts, how it can be easy to stay to stay too close to the story and tell it instead of asking it. She said this:
A Blow To His Confidence 1
I got this from a former student: Hi Mr. Slavic, Quick question for you. What was that statistic about the number of hours of listening that a person needs before they can do any real output? Was it 1000 hours? I'm pretty