There is a another quote from Fred Rogers that I consider of immense importance when thinking about what a language curriculum should look like: Rogers said, “I don’t think that anybody can grow unless they are accepted exactly as they are.” By putting the focus on the child, Rogers puts the focus on what is […]
Fred Rogers has said that “…love is at the heart of all learning…”. If the statement is true, and I feel that many teachers who are attracted to comprehensible input language instruction feel that it is, then why shouldn’t a learning curriculum be based on it? It is the position taken in this training program
A follow-up to points made in the previous post: 1. The Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis: Conscious learning about a language, including memorizing and learning and manipulating grammar paradigms, is a separate process in the brain than unconsciously acquiring a language. In order to build long-lasting proficiency, where using the language to communicate (take in and produce meaningful,
It’s been over a year since Teacher’s Discovery found out about what we’ve known for over ten years: the greatness of Anne’s scripts, so I wish to take this opportunity to recommend it to anyone new to the PLC or experienced teachers who want some extra ammo for the winter wars: 97 Story Scripts By
A 2010 repost: I used to think that forcing and prodding the kids into early speech production too early was just a waste of time, but now I see it as harmful. The image is of a field with seeds just sprouting but not yet above the crust of the earth, needing the protective warmth
This is from Greg in case you missed it in the comments a few days ago. It’s important: So my school did student based surveys that give scores of teachers this year (we are told that this is not going to be evaluative just informative). You can check out the company here: https://www.panoramaed.com/ They did
I found a nice site (link provided below) on personalized learning (is that not what we do?) while looking for a definition of the word curriculum. I like the suggested definition below and suggest that we make one of our goals this year – of course along with our staples mental health and classroom management
Our PLC member Taron Ware shares something cool that he created: Hi Ben, I posted this in the French Teachers in the USA Group as a response to the Google Form Evaluation I have been working on (I tagged you in it in the screenshot is below). Would you mind having a look at it? Here’s
This is a story that might be told in the future: There was a student on a class trip to France who had quite an experience there. She was a fourth year 17 year-old student in a well-to-do school in Chicago and, although great at memorizing the things required by her textbook-driven teacher in the
This post from TPRS in a Year! is related to the topic of milking and will be the final article in this series on the topic. Anyone doing NTCI can ignore the targeting mentioned in the (2009) article, but if targeting works for you, enjoy! – Skill #22: Staying in the Moment This is my
