We would assume that the foxes guarding the hen houses, the grammar teachers who need to “cover the imperfect” (referring to what Melissa just said here), do so out of ignorance. Anyone who has experienced teaching kids a language using both comprehensible input and grammar would know that CI works far better than any grammar […]
I am very happy that Carol Hill (chill to most of us) is in our group: My name is Carol Hill and I teach in a private prep school in the South Jersey near Phialdelphia. I dabbled with TPRS until it became clear to me that it was the only way to go forward. I
Bryce’s list of rejoinders is now available on the posters page of this site as well as in the category column here on the blog site.
There was a really cool set of drawings of vegetables along both sides of the page, right and left. Two columns of vegetables, drawn with cute little faces and looking a lot alike. The boy, already in fifth grade, read the instructions because his dad always made him do his homework. He was to match
Here is Bryce’s list of rejoinders that are on the wall of his classroom. I will get this into poster form as soon as I can on the regular website and also make a category for them here on the blog site. Bryce told me he would try to get a blog post or two
I teach a full German program at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, CA. I’ve been at Pacfiica for 16 years, and this is the only public school in which I have taught. (Before becoming a teacher I worked at a variety of other jobs, including an airline, a private seminary, a church, and an
Chunk Dictation works best at the end of the year when the kids have had lots of comprehensible input. It obviously can’t work in the beginning months of study since output in the form of writing can only follow massive amounts of input (listening and reading) as per Krashen. How does Chunk Dictation work? On
I’ m feeling that I need to republish these two posts from about a week ago. (Unless I am the only one struggling with kids who just won’t stay focused in their restraining devices). Again, this is for discipline more than anything else. It’s the best way I know to get the classroom quiet and the
The school that is currently most focused on CI and Krashen in Denver Public Schools is George Washington High School. That is largely because of the leadership of the department chair and a member of our blog family here, Joseph Dziedzic. I once overhead Joseph on the phone in deep conversation with Stephen Krashen.
Note that there is an automatic lockout on this site that cannot be turned off. If you end up traveling or just accessing the blog from different locations on your laptop you may get locked out, the way they do with credit cards like when Pam and Jim went down to the Bahamas on their
This is from Ray in Chicago, actually Brookfield, IL: My name is Ray Bauer and I currently teach 7th and 8th Grade Spanish in Western Springs, IL. I spent the last three years teaching Spanish to grades K-6 at an elementary school in the area, however my position was cut due to budgetary issues. I
Good stuff from Robert here: Hi Ben, While TPRS/CI are diametrically opposed to grammar-driven instruction, I’m going to disagree with the stance that it has to be all or nothing with TPRS. My anecdotal evidence will follow, but the conclusion I have reached is as follows: Even a little TPRS/CI is better than none, especially
