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Month: December 2015

No Peaks Without Valleys

There are no peaks without valleys. I’m reminded of this tonight. Last year felt like a valley year. Just Thursday felt like a valley. But we get up the next day and put our pants on one leg at a

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“I Did NOT Like Learning Languages” – Methods Class Feedback 4 of 6 – “B”

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. 

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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

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Why Build Inequity into the Fabric of Class? – Methods Class Feedback 3 of 6 – “E”

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

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Methods Class Feedback 2 of 6 – “B”

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

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Methods Class Feedback 1 of 6 – “M”

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

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Feedback from Grad Level Methods Class Demo

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

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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

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INSPIRING

Though there are many languages I’m eager to discover, German has never been one. Yet as a beginning German student, I found myself drawn in and very eager to keep learning! Our class readings have emphasized the importance of narrative form and emotional investment for connecting students to lessons and helping them create meaning. I thought this was a bit unimpressive. However, it only took the briefest experience as your student for me to see otherwise. I’m grateful for the opportunity you gave us to sit on the other side of the desk and try being beginners again.

Elizabeth Workshop Participant

MENTORING

I am without appropriate words to express how grateful I am for Grant's investment into my teaching career. I feel that I have been encouraged, stretched, challenged, supported, enlightened, and more. He is a wonderful mentor and colleague.

Laura Abuhl Spanish Teacher

LEADING

I have directed the iFLT Conference for several years, and 2015 was the first year we have ever had to turn students away! We had a waiting list of students who wanted to take classes, and that is a huge testament to Grant’s universal success in the classroom, his professional relationship with his colleagues and his stellar reputation in the community as an advocate and a catalyst for highly effective, all-inclusive language instruction.

Carol Gaab President, TPRS Publishing, Inc. / Director of iFLT

GROWING

Grant knows the value of taking risks, and his growth is the result of unmistakable passion and an incredible work ethic.

Steve Hilton Ceramics Professor, Midwestern State University

Grant is one of us that has worked hard over the years to develop his craft–and that can give all of us hope that we can get better too.

Bryce Hedstrom Teacher Trainer
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