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 that a foreign language curriculum should not only align with the research and the standards, but also communicate to each student in the classroom that they are accepted and loved.
A curriculum should serve the purpose of shortening the distance between the teacher and the child. A good curriculum in foreign languages should not make the teacher feel that they have to put on a funny hat to teach a child a language.