I met Abra last year at iFLT in Chattanooga. It was her first iFLT and it was an experience that empowered her to ditch the textbook and teach mostly with stories, PQA and FVR. I met Abra again at the
Multiply Your AP Enrollment by a Factor of 9!
I was immensely proud to stand on stage in Boston at #ACTFL17 with four other outstanding language educators. Darcy Pippins was one of them. One reason Darcy was representing the Southwest COLT is because she has lead an incredible transformation
Great Societies Tell Stories
The world is full of ambiguities. Often those issues perceived as black and white turn out to be grey. And yet, there are some constants: There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no
I Gotta Have More Psycho-Social, Baby
Guess what! I’ve got a fever and the only prescription is more Psycho-Social. “In the everyday world, the psycho-social use of language abounds. It is so woven into how we interact, we don’t even think about it.” -Bill VanPatten, Communication
Let Language Serve Humanity
In TPRS we are taught to target 3 to 5 language chunks during a particular period of time. I’ve always done it this way. But I’ve always noted that sticking to just three has kept me from really paying attention
What My Students are Saying
I’ve had a pre-service teacher in my room for the last week. She’s been observing. Today, as my first class was filing in, she and I were talking. She was saying that it’s clear to her that my students are
CI / TPRS Summer Teacher Training in VT
My friends at Express Fluency are offering some exciting teacher training programs in Vermont this summer. Check them out: Are you a language teacher interested in helping your students gain proficiency quickly and easily? Express Fluency’s teacher training programs help
Dalai Lama on Creating a Community of Trust and Happiness
My good friend Ben is teaching in India this year. His school was lucky to host the Dalai Lama the other day. In his reflection on the visit, he writes: I especially remember some words from His Holiness’ speech: compassion,
Marilee’s Rejoinders
Marilee Mckenna-Marsal posted this picture in the Elementary TPRS Facebook page of her new rejoinders. She’s been introducing them a few at a time to her elementary classes. She had this to say about how, in a short time, it’s
Irrelevance of Corrective Feedback
Kathie Calkins Keyes from Principia HS in St. Louis posted this recently on the moreTPRS listserv and I thought it to be worthy of wider sharing. She later noted the caveat that this particular article is in reference to first