Extensive Reading (FVR)

The Spanish Subjunctive in Context

By |2025-12-16T19:04:15-07:00December 15th, 2025|

Bill, a reader of this blog, writes: I am writing to ask if you offer short stories that are designed to expose students of the Spanish language to the usage of the many and varied subjunctive "triggers".  I am aware that there are many books out there on the [...]

The Spanish Subjunctive in Context

By |2025-12-15T09:07:05-07:00December 15th, 2025|

Bill, a reader of this blog, writes: I am writing to ask if you offer short stories that are designed to expose students of the Spanish language to the usage of the many and varied subjunctive "triggers".  I am aware that there are many books out there on the [...]

Shelter Vocabulary, Not Grammar

By |2025-04-17T17:59:18-06:00April 17th, 2025|

One of the shortest but most useful sayings by legendary French teacher Susan Gross, is, “Shelter vocabulary, not grammar.” It is important to teach and use verbs as vocabulary, rather than as drilled formulas. When the sound/meaning pair is different, verbs may need to be presented explicitly—but this is [...]

Reading Reminder Bookmarks

By |2024-07-14T19:15:32-06:00July 13th, 2024|

Start your students off right by teaching them effective reading strategies with these bookmarks. Download the bookmarks here to hand out to your students. They will remind kids how to read in another language: Just keep reading. Too many language learners stop to look up every unknown word. Terrible [...]

FRUSTRATIONS WITH COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT

By |2024-01-31T18:17:54-07:00January 31st, 2024|

David, a successful veteran teacher relatively new to teaching with C.I. writes: Bryce,  I am frustrated by the fact that I enter every semester with the good intentions of doing CI.  I start, and then I get frustrated as I don't see the results and don't feel skilled enough [...]

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