Carol Hill, who just this morning presented on vPQA at her Tri-State gathering this morning, shares:
Grammar Is Not a Skill, or, What Does It Really Mean to Know a Language?
“I remember well that Jody once cautioned us to beware ACTFL since traditional teachers can and will interpret the position statements on the three modes and use of TL in the classroom to reflect and support their preferred method of teaching. I can see that a teacher who is traditional could watch this video and latch onto the communicative part.
“The interesting thing is that he is harping on the lack of understanding of acquisition by professors at the university level. Krashen gave a full throated endorsement – at FLENJn- of TPRS as the best method out there at this time AND he repeated that statement three times. Of course many teachers at the keynote had their faces squarely planted in their cell phones! It seems that VanPatten is reluctant to endorse a specific method.
“There is something about Musicuentos that bugs me too. I think the woman behind it had some kind of disagreement with Carol Gaab in the past about TPRS not being the only way.”
chill