At least one fear has been laid to rest: authentic texts need not be 200 words in order to be effective. The roughly 100-word text we used today was probably ideal for a beginner to sink her teeth into (my German is SO rusty!) Also, the textbook analysis of Realidades Read more…
Let’s see if I can remember them: Communication, Culture, Community, Connections…Comprehension? Nuts. Comparisons. Comparisons AND connections? Seems redundant. In the spirit of memorizing this, the backbone of foreign language instruction nationwide, and making my plans for the year to come as thorough as possible, I’m not only going to use Read more…
1) An education is 100% portable: it does not rely on wifi accessibility, nor can it be crushed in your backpack. 2) How do you KNOW that’s really what you meant to say? 3) Homonyms do not compute: “can” has only one meaning to a translator. Think about it. 4) Read more…