Unlock with PatreonThe Problem with CI
To view this content, you must be a member of Ben’s Patreon at $10 or more Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon member? Refresh to
Startalk Lesson – 2
Share:
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
LinkedIn
Ben Slavic
Get The Latest Updates
Subscribe to Our Mailing List
No spam, notifications only about new products, updates.
Related Posts
CI and the Research (cont.)
To view this content, you must be a member of Ben’s Patreon at $10 or more Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon member? Refresh to
Research Question
To view this content, you must be a member of Ben’s Patreon at $10 or more Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon member? Refresh to
We Have the Research
To view this content, you must be a member of Ben’s Patreon at $10 or more Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon member? Refresh to
6 thoughts on “Startalk Lesson – 2”
Congratulations! You are reaching so many people and giving them hope that Russian is accessible to all students.
Thanks, Melissa. I hope that they got a little confidence that it’s not such a hard language. It’s a language! Not rocket science.
That is a really wonderful letter, Michele. I’m so glad that this professor realized how great your teaching is and would acknowledge it to your administration!
A wonderful letter about a wonderful woman and educator. Thank you for all you do my friend!!
with love,
Laurie
Wish there was a like button. Thanks Laurie and Diane. I am glad we are all out there together. Eventually people are going to learn that there’s a better way, and we’re going to be the ones asking why other teachers are following ineffective methods. We’re gaining on ’em!
One last bit, that Ben suggested I add to comments:
Thanks…the only addition is that in the end, though they told me that the kids were all back in my classes, they were instead swept into the 11th-grade immersion classroom. There, my students tell me, they understand quite well (the sense of the lecture if not every word), and the other kids tell them that they speak as well as any of those who are not heritage learners. I am sad to lose them but proud that they are representing what three-four years of CI can do.
Only one of the kids is still with me. His mom just called to say they are constantly calling to have him switched into the immersion. Her argument is that, with me, her two older kids got 5s on their AP Russian exams, and she’s adamant he stay with me. (She leaves off the part that her older kids had a Russian nanny, but they also refused to speak Russian until they got into my classes. I got the benefit of all that baby CI, and she gives me the credit. Nice mom!)