I just got a student in my class. Came from conventional high school with an “A” transfer grade. I think that means that this student had looked up all the worksheet answers online and the teacher gave him an A. He doesn’t actually know any Spanish at all though. None of the question words, not even simple analysis of context. I think this is one of the strongest arguments for CI. We use actual language from day one. We don’t use language that can conceivably be copied from the internet for an easy grade. He may know more greetings than my students, or maybe knows how to fill in a verb chart? But isn’t able to provide any meaning of the word “caminan” after reading the sentence: “Las dos niñas caminan por mucho tiempo”.
