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5 thoughts on “Norm Veilleux”
Hi, I tried to watch the video on vimeo, but the password TPRS seemed to have no effect. Did I do anything wrong? Chris
Same with me. The problem is using capital letters. Just type “tprs” and it will work.
Thanks Martin. I was able to access it and it was great. He circles so effortlessly and is creative as he uses strucures like point of view, direct and indirect obj. pronouns in the circling–always meaning based. At about 17 minutes, the retelling to the hand point, it clicks off and I can’t get it past that point. I am going to try to internalize what he does and try to do a better job! Chris.
Wow. I have almost no clue what is being said in this video, but it is inspiring. Norm, your circling amazing! My favorite part is around 12:00 minutes: Norm: Non; Students: Oui! The student response is so emphatic; the students are so clearly engaged in whatever you are telling them. :o) Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the comments guys. It helps me see my own teaching from a different POV. Some things that I wasn’t aware of but can build on.
A few clarifications. This was filmed by a student, not Sylvia from AIM. She observed another class and I gave her this DVD to look at. She posted it at vimeo. This is not a first year class. This is a class of 36 grade 10 students. We are an inner city school, but the students are fine, and are from a very diverse background, culturally, linguistically, socially… Their French experience varies from 6 years (about 700 hours of instruction) to 1 year (120 hours). They all chose to take this course, it’s not mandatory. I think this might give a bit of perspective as far as the level of language being used and the speed of my French.
The video does finish at about 17 min. you can’t go any further.
I think there was a bit more pointing than can be seen. I had a laser pointer and was shooting from my hip. You can’t always pick that up. A crucial skill to get the slower kids to comprehend.
I don’t think there is a finger check for comprehension on the clip, but I did do one that day and I remember getting 4s and 5s out of 5.
I wouldn’t say it was a homerun story, but I think it was a very good French class. Things turned out pretty well that day. I got done what I wanted, RICH input (Repetitive, Interesting, Comprehensible, Heartfelt input). I would be thrilled if I could do something like this everyday, but it is not the case. Oh well.
Norm