It was more like ten or even more tribes down there these past two days at the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Tribes Native Language Summit in Durant, Oklahoma. It wasn’t life changing but it was up there. It may become life changing. I don’t know. I had chills up my back every ten minutes or […]
Mark is another Iowan, like Jim: Hi Ben, I currently teach adult ESL classes at a community college in Iowa. I am currently experimenting with a number of comprehension based techniques though I have used TPRS exclusively while teaching English in the past in Guatemala. I speak fluent Spanish and my wife is Guatemalan. I got interested in Krashen when
Here are some things that we have to deal with in our classrooms: – being observed by unqualified people – differentiating instruction when doing so is not a practical option in a CI classroom, especially at the lower levels – kids cheating – heads down – writing on desks – depressed kids – hyperactive kids –
This is a repost from December. The link is from Skip. A close read of the article reveals serious flaws in many teachers’ own opinions of what they are actually accomplishing and whom they are serving in their positions as language teachers: Hi Ben, This was in an email from ACTFL entitled “Spotlight on Language” I
Drew also had some new ideas for summative testing with CI. This posted here last December. Drew explains: I am thinking out loud here how I could incorporate Drew’s recent description to jen of how he evaluates his level two students on the semester exam into my own end of semester assessments. I don’t think that any of
We did some filming of an Anne Matava story called “Lazy” (Story Scripts Vol. 2). The structures were travaille/works le patron crie/the boss yells paresseux/lazy but since we had an entire extra second day block to film (we decided to try to get as much footage of the story as possible), I added in two other structures that had made
Nathan sent both a link to his thoughts on homework and an update on those thoughts as well. This will help Lori and everyone following the New Tech thread here this weekend. Then, hopefully, when we identify links to Jim’s ideas, we will be able to put those and all related posts and comments under the
We welcome Lori to this group. Indiana has been for some time an active state with comprehensible input: I currently teach at Crestview Middle School in Huntington County, Indiana (the entire school corporation is TPRS-based). I’m not sure yet if I will still be there next year or not. [ed. note: Lori is now at Adams Central
This is just some random self indulgent middle of the night reflecting on things, probably not very interesting except to me: The subscription blog has been up for almost three weeks now and I like it. I like the feeling of privacy, the safety in knowing that a much smaller group of people is reading what
Hi Ben, I teach 7-8 grade Latin at Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco, CA. Early in my study of Latin I was fortunate to come into contact with teachers and colleagues who spoke Latin as a way to encourage interest and proficiency in the language. My experiences with learning a language are what
O.K. this blog entry may wig a few people out. If it starts to make no sense, just stop reading. I think you may have to be a little on the crazy side for it to make sense. It makes sense to me, though, but then I’m a little on the crazy side. So here
This is to introduce a teacher from South Dakota. Like that other one. You know. Susan Gross. That is a good sign! And she mentioned the name of her school, which is cool. Ben, I am looking forward to reading the blog as an official member! I began using TPRS in the fall of 2009 after deciding
