Q. How long should I do tableaux before going to stories? A. It is my belief that you should do them a lot longer than you think. Q. How long? A. Well, it always depends on the class, of course. Do they convey respect to you and your work? Have you built a feeling of […]
Important notice: For teachers working in urban/inner city or rural school districts or any districts where there is not enough proper support for language teachers, my materials – all of them – are available at no charge. This includes my Ultimate CI Books 1 and 2 trainings, the books, the FlipChart™, the course syllabi for
Hey everyone – No sooner did I announce the French online classes than – now – I am cancelling them. It’s 100% in the interest of self-care. It’s better for me now to rest than work, and as no one knows better than you, teaching a language online or in a classroom for that matter
Hey Ben – I’m teaching a family of three boys. The StarChart is producing great results for me too. In our story (image below) the oldest boy really likes to read. He’s reading in a tree and he’s very sad because he’s reading a fashion book. He’s crying and crying, because he’s jealous that his brother
The work we do consists of so much more than we are given credit for. But YOUR work, your life work, is revolutionary and will save many careers. I understand why you keep going even in retirement….the disservice being done to children trying to learn other languages. The rest of my classes today were essentially
Listen. When as a CI teacher you target vocabulary lists, you set yourself up for failure. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY. When you stop shackling yourself to those word lists, it all opens up. That’s all I wanted to say but I do want to throw in a big question: Why don’t language teachers
Hi Ben – We had a great story today in my first period class that I wanted to share with everybody. We did a OWI on Monday where we created a purple and yellow – headed giraffe. She was in a jail in Ecuador with Lady Gaga. Fast forward to today when we made a
I’m not kidding. There are people who think that more homework means more learning. I have it in writing from this email I got from a member of our group. As they say, you can’t make this stuff up: I’m starting to see where many parents in my rich suburban district think that they’re perfect.
Here is a link to an article about a CI/TPRS teacher in Australia, discussing how comprehensible input language instruction has informed and transformed this teacher’s work: https://www.victorharbortimes.com.au/story/3564600/port-elliot-indonesian-teacher-celebrated/?cs=1537#slide=1
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For those who have done the UCI trainings, don’t forget that we have our first “family reunion” for those who have been trained in the method over the past year. It will be via Zoom at 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. MT this Saturday, Oct. 2. We’ll talk about what has been working and what needs
I am happy to announce that my next Ultimate CI Book 1 training will begin Jan. 8th and go every Saturday until Feb. 12th. Find the information here: https://www.benslavic.com/product/ultimate-ci-book-1-six-weeks-training/ Hope to see you then! Ben
There is very little that we can depend on in this new way of teaching. It is a scary proposition to retool to align our instruction with the research. None of us is an expert. We are all just feeling our way forward here in the beginning days of this true paradigm shift in our
