I was going back and reading Greg’s comments from over the summer here and this one I thought was worth sharing here today:
I think NTCI is superior for two reasons 1) targeting is a constraint on student interest 2) targeting can lead to a denial of i+1.
That being said, for COMPLETE beginners (first two months of Spanish 1), I think a little targeting might not be that detrimental. Students are just trying to grasp what is being said that the targeting does not constrain interest.
My position is that you were always non-targeted. I watch the old Ben Slavic TPRS training videos and I don’t see someone trying to get reps on structures, but using a set of structures as a starting point and then going with the student interest.
I think the way that we can win teachers to NT is to get them to try the OWI, The Invisibles, and the 7 step story process. That’s what won me over.