Question for the Group

Hi Ben: 

I have 12 week trimesters tons of native speakers in my classroom. Was wondering why do you teach 3rd person first? How do you do a story and teach first person verbs? Would you teach 2 tenses in the same presentation? 

I ask because I’m getting different advice from different people some say to just teach first person so they can get throught the 12 weeks and describe themselves and stuff but I’m finding it very awkward to try and tell a story in the first person it just feels weird. Any advice would be totally welcome.

Craig West