Anne Mackelvie in Australia has some good questions for the group:
Hi Ben,
Am currently reading and taking notes on your book “The Big CI Book”. It is going to be my bible! I also learn a lot by following Ibu Cathy’s blog, as I am in Australia teaching Indonesian too, to Years Prep – 4. I have been trying TPRS with my Year 2s all year (and doing lots of things incorrectly!!) and now I am taking the plunge with all my classes.
Your book is giving me some great guidance.
I do have some questions though:
1. When creating the super mini-story, I understand when you need to change the underlined word to make it your own story, but do you need to show kids the script? Or just do it orally?
2. Can kids call out suggestions for stories in English? (Mine don’t have a lot of Indo yet) – and yet they are not supposed to blurt out in L1 (or is this only during PQA and circling time)
3. I am concerned about the kids being able to sit and be quiet and not wriggle for circling/PQA time, which I imagine will go for about 15 minutes (I don’t think they could take any longer). I guess it would be OK to do a brain break and then go back to it. Any advice for me? I think primary kids are a bit more wriggly than your teenagers.
The Problem with CI
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