NOTE: This is from a unit that teaches the subjunctive with a story-based approach and compelling comprehensible input. You can get the entire unit here. The example in from a Spanish 3 class, but the principles apply to any language and any level. FOCUS STRUCTURE: quiere que vaya [...]
These are some further reflections by AshLee, a student at Colorado State University. I had presented on TPRS in her Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages class and she came to observe in my classroom. The students in the college class had good questions about teaching with TPRS and AshLee mentions [...]
NOTE: This is part #13 of an ongoing series of posts about a way to focus on difficult grammar with a story-based approach. The examples are from a Spanish 3 class, but the principles apply to any language and any level. RILEY AND THE GIRLS This is an [...]
NOTE: This is part 12 of an ongoing series that shows the process and the product of a story-based approach to teaching the subjunctive in a Spanish 3 class. The process applies to all levels and all languages. This process is explained along with the English translation of the first resulting [...]
NOTE: This is part 11 of an ongoing series describing how to focus on the subjunctive with a story-based approach and compelling comprehensible input. The example in from a Spanish 3 class, but the principles apply to any language and any level. PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE LONG-TERM UNIT PLAN The first story scenario [...]
NOTE: This is part #10 of an extended series of posts which explains and models building a story with the aim of developing a feel for the subjunctive in students. Below is the story that was described in posts #1 through #9. There were also 3 other stories built by different classes that [...]