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FAIR

I am starting to see that teaching French was only a vehicle to carry me into the battle ground of schools where I would end up fighting as hard as I could each day for 40 years. The newest book Tina and I have written is providing me with that precious insight. That book is

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Rule #5 Question

Q. Can you give me a student friendly explanation of the following ruleplease?  Do your 50%. A. Tell them that languages are about communication, not memorization, so that in your class they are expected to show up and to try to hold up their half of the communication, since they are half of the conversation.

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How I Differ

Someone asked me how I am different from TPRS. Here is what I wrote back: It’s a messy business, but I know that since I made the shift away from TPRS, I am much happier in my work. This is not true for everyone, but it is true for me. In January of 2016 I

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Blaine on Targets – 1

On April 7 of 2016 – the time when I was running at full speed away from TPRS (see Hit List category on this page) – I had asked Blaine a seemingly innocuous question in an email but it seems more important now in light of recent developments: Me: “Blaine, in the 1990’s did you target

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