ALL of my old standbys failed me last year. HARD. For some reason, my promises to make Spanish learning possible, even easy, for the students didn’t seem to reassure or even REGISTER with this completely new set of students. Puedos BOMBED, and stories were CHAOS. And they totally didn’t get Read more…
I don’t think anyone would call me a TPRS teacher, though I’ve certainly dabbled in comprehensible input for years, and I will gladly sip some CI Kool-Aid when offered a fresh serving, whether through organized national conferences or a workshop conveniently passing through my home state. I recently got the Read more…
When I am planning my lessons for the week, there are several questions I try to ask myself–actually about 25. A part of me feels like I have to ask myself all of these questions every day to be connected, but that can’t be right. There simply aren’t hours in the Read more…
Engaging discussions in Spanish? On the second day of Spanish ONE? How is this possible?? I’ll tell you: * clear expectations and support * functional chunks * Google Apps * and three magic words Preparation We spent most of the first day of class talking about the HOW and Read more…