Rachel, a French major from Colorado State University, spent the entire week observing my classes. She is writing her capstone thesis for the honors program at CSU on TPRS and wanted to observe a classroom where she did not know the language so that she could experience the method from a student's [...]
Gerry is staring the Persona Especial interviews with his classes this week. He and I have been discussing this amazing acquisition activity for a few days and he had some good questions about the process: Okay, Bryce, I'm getting a little better grip on this. Now I'm wondering about the nuts [...]
Carolina from Phoenix writes: I was unable to attend your session at the iFLT conference in San Diego about classroom management. You suggested I read over your handout material posted on your web site and email you if I had any questions. I do have questions and I am [...]
Angie writes: Would you send me a quick description of your "repasito" bellringer? Is it an oral or a written task? I was doing a bellringer that involved translating short sentences, but I found that going over it was a drag on the beginning of class. What is your [...]
Now that school has been going for a while, students are starting to relax. They are starting to test the boundaries. They want to see if we really mean what we say. This is natural and part of being a kid. Part of their job is to see if our [...]
What a great video! Kids beg for it. Perfect for a TPR or TPRS class and many of the same words we have been using in Spanish I. 5 a day Hula en español http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Clwq4osEQ&list=PL01C03CE9B45BF236&index=70&feature=plpp_video There is so little movement in so many of their other classes, that this might just support physical education. [...]