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This is good. It reminds me of Laurie [Clarcq]’s Coaching from the Heart. It is focused on positive feedback and instructor-selected formats. The feedback comes from a variety of perspectives, including feedback from the “coach,” the “students,” the “overseer” of the event, and the observers.
One of Laurie’s gems was that we notice things as negative because they are things we see in ourselves. There is no reason to point them out in someone else because the only reason they are not doing something in a particular way is they haven’t gotten there yet. If they had they would have done it fine.
I agree with a lot of this. I circle less and less, especially with more advanced students, but I still find it useful to help students notice things. I like Laurie Clarcq’s expression: sanding. You don’t sand in one place for too long, a little here and a little there, until the entire surface is smooth.
From my 3rd graders (ESL) I get enthusiastic yes/no-answers when I circle but my class 4 already are less enthusiastic about those questions and I get the feeling they are responding bc they are really nice kids.
Yes Udo the fact that kids are nice is a big factor – and I wouldn’t write this on one of the public sites – in giving teachers who love to circle and target mass reps faith that the system works. Tina and I have a simple position: this work is far simpler than it is made out to me. We don’t need to learn all the skills any more than mothers need to learn skills to speak to their babies. It’s not the skill, it’s the feeling in the heart. Sorry if that takes it out of the realm of research, but there is a lot in this field that is far beyond the realm of research. Teaching a language is not like teaching math. It reaches into the realm of the invisible, and, dare I say it, of trust and human compassion and, most importantly, laughter.