Those of us who were in on Grant Boulanger’s bid to become one of five Regional ACTFL Teacher of the Year finalists will be glad to know that a TPRS teacher has done it again. Grant won Central States and next moves on to try for 2017 ACTFL National Teacher of the Year. We are […]
Robert’s materials for German and other languages are now available! He Ben – My website is now live. There’s still a lot to be done, and I will be expanding descriptions as well as uploading more items, but at least it’s now accessible. I even take PayPal and credit cards. If you want to see
I have been wrestling around with the non-targeted vs. targeted thing for years. There was a period around 2009 when it was a big topic in the TPRS community, but it seems to have faded and most people are targeting structures pretty regularly now, at least from what I can see currently over here in
Bliss Munoz works with Polly in Illinois. She has a question. It comes under the heading of re-educating administrators. Ain’t it amazing that by and large these folks don’t get what we do? Anyway, give Bliss some solid answers so she doesn’t have to sweat this uninformed dude. Anyone with a name like Bliss should get great answers.
Like Robert, I will be checking in here over the next few months, but just not participating as much as usual because of that little book as my top priority. Just to clarify that. Now, check this out. I got this from Alisa. This is our PLC’s very own Sean Lawler leading Chicago Public School
Dude I need to take a break and write a book. I know, I know. I said no more books and I meant it. But I have to. Close readers here over the past few months know exactly why. Something new is afoot. And the conferences are a coming. So I’m gonna do it. I
I’m in Zach Al Moreno’s classroom right now and just saw a cool idea. When one kid sings, Zach has him merely lip-sync it, while another kid actually sings it. Very effective. Zach’s class is just full full full of repeated questions. He is staying in the language. He is not using nearly as much
This report is from Annemarie in Maine: Ben, I’ve really been enjoying reading the blog this week. I have to admit that i really don’t create time for it when I’m teaching. But since I’m not teaching this week, I’ve been gobbling it up. I’ve been doing really well with my classes. I feel a
Kaela Crouch is at the very beginning of her career. We welcome her to the blog. I know that we don’t have time to really do bios like we used to – the time just doesn’t seem to be there – but it would be nice to get some from new members if we can
Jeanette has more experience than most of us. She shares her thoughts here on untargeted input. Jeanette has also authored an important, more general article in the collection of Primer articles on the hard link at the top of this page. Hi Ben, I just read most of the replies to Beth on Facebook.
I’ve noticed here in India that when I communicate with various American Embassy School personnel who don’t speak English, there is alway a joyful point of communication/human contact in teaching each other words from our own language. We have no other point of contact, in fact. So whenever I go down to the Tiger’s Den
Here’s a good article from Claire on this topic which is increasingly “in the news”.: http://1drv.ms/1Rwv55L
