Good Afternoon Grant, I just wanted to thank you for coming to our class (@ Bethel) and showing us what it is like to be a part of a TPRS classroom. You truly made me excited to be a teacher.
Relax. Lower the Filter. Raise Acquisition.
I owe my professional sanity to Ben Slavic. Every once in a while I’ll share a quote of his that has impacted my thinking and my practice. The Affective Filter Hypothesis states there is a “filter” or “mental block” that
Why Build Inequity into the Fabric of Class? – Methods Class Feedback 3 of 6 – “E”
“E.” sent this nice follow up letter after my demo at her graduate level methods class. I wrote about other reflections here (intro to this series), here and here. Dear Grant, Thank you so much for sharing your methods with
Methods Class Feedback 2 of 6 – “B”
Here’s the second of 6 emails I got in response to a demo I did at Bethel University’s graduate level methods class in November. Previous posts on this topic here and here. Grant, I really appreciate you taking the time
Methods Class Feedback 1 of 6 – “M”
Here’s the first piece of feedback from my demo at the graduate level methods class I talked about here. Grant, Thank you so much for taking the time to come into our classroom yesterday to discuss different ways to keep
Feedback from Grad Level Methods Class Demo
For the last 6 years or so, I’ve been asked to demonstrate TPRS and Teaching with Comprehensible Input to graduate level methods courses taught at private universities in the Twin Cities area. One of the classes I’ve been to most
Krashen and Gaab – #ACTFL15
If you missed Carol Gaab and Stephen Krashen’s joint presentation at #ACTFL15, watch it. It’s powerful. Carol published a side by side picture of her audience at ACTFL in 2011 compared to 2015. The sheer number of people at their
Weave New Students into the Fabric
Cynthia Hitz from over there at PalmyraSpanish was at #iFLT15 here in MN this past summer. She took some video during my Learning Lab. At iFLT, adult language teacher participants observe master teachers using CI-based techniques and strategies teaching real
Laura’s Visit
I already told you about Jessie’s Visit. Laura Abuhl also came to visit recently all the way from North Dakota! She observed for 2 1/2 days! Laura teaches in a private school with smaller class sizes than I have. She teaches
“Special Person” review activity
We are reviewing “Special Person” details from interviews we have been doing in class. I wanted to share how we went about it today. First I asked students to volunteer information about any of the last five classmates we’ve interviewed. Students