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TPRS As Inspiration For School Change – 2
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4 thoughts on “TPRS As Inspiration For School Change – 2”
This is how we can all shine through actual demonstrations. Of course, there will always be teachers who scoff at our practices but the reality is that it is all about US and the Students — that inspiring relationship that builds and becomes part of the kid for a lifetime.
I’m ealready thinking about next year! What am I going to do? I’m teaching French 1 and 2 next year will TPRS/CI … I may have Spanish 1 as well.
Cherie, I understand the frustration both you and your parents feel. It happens to me with my German program as well. However, try to maintain the contact with these students and continue to greet them in French. It will boost their self confidence a lot. I had a student who took German 1 as a freshman, but then his family said he had to take Spanish so he could talk to his relatives. Whenever I see him I say hi in German and ask how he is doing. The grin on his face when he answers in German tells me he is very pleased that he can still use what he learned in my class.
It’s the grin on a student’s face that, in another society at another time, would be all that would be needed to assess the work of the teacher.
Speaking of smiles, in our parent conferences this week, there were parents pushing me to push their kids harder and harder, to learn more and more verbs. I smiled a Cheshire cat smile and said I would.
I’m becoming a good politician with parents – promising them what they want but not delivering. It tempers my desire to aggressively snarl and defend my position. I am trying to snarl less and relax more these days. My mental health and desire to not be unethical in my job both trump a little white lie. Plus, there’s the internet for the verbs. I point the kid there and say, “Enjoy!”
I also hate the “Spanish is more useful than French” thing. It’s true (particularly for an ESL teacher), but not what I want to hear. I hated it as a kid, so when it came time to learn a language in high school, I studied Italian just to learn something more impractical than French- something other than Spanish. The best vengeance is being happy, and my impractical Italian makes me happy.