The intended use of CI in the minds of Stephen Krashen and the other great researchers as potentially harboring the foundation of many successes in language classrooms is now different. Thirty years later, CI appears in my own mind in the form of a beat-up old trailer being dragged along by the textbook industry, filled with cash from unsuspecting teachers who once had hope that their careers could be saved by CI.
We need to get back to the research.
Jeffrey Sachs was asked what the difference between people in Norway and in the U.S. was. He responded that people in Norway are happy and
Admins don’t actually read the research. They don’t have time. If or when they do read it, they do not really grasp it. How could
I got a question: “Hi Ben, I am preparing some documents that support CI teaching to show my administrators. I looked through the blog and
A teacher contacted me awhile back. She had been attacked about using CI from a team leader. I told her to get some research from
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