I was just talking to Linda Li and we both strongly agree in terms of Scope and Sequence that we must target high frequency verbs and function (connecting) words, but in terms of nouns (Zach said this today) it doesn’t matter if they acquire the word “bed” now or later – there is no need to target such words.
With each passing day I see the thematic unit format as totally useless, a true bedbug in the SLA bed and truly counterproductive to our real goal of fluency.
Linda said, “As we go through the stories, you may acquire the word sports and I may acquire the word clothing but it doesn’t matter. Eventually we will both acquire both words depending on our own interests.” I thought that was well said and so am sharing it here.