Does Acquisition require Output?
Out of necessity, he tried to communicate and quickly found the language “spilling out of his mouth”.
Reflections
Tao Te Ching for Language Teachers
“I forgot I was speaking in English.”
Our Team
“Thank you for an amazing opportunity. I have fallen in love with Agen, French, and with CI all over again!” Claudia
The Arrival – a graphic novel with endless possibilities
I love the freedom this gives me to meet my students where they are and adapt what I can say about the images to their particular needs.
Stephen Krashen on Error Correction
“But correction has no real effect. It is learning, not acquisition. It encourages you to rethink the conscious rule and make a better rule. That’s conscious learning.” Stephen Krashen
Motivation = CAN = Competence + Autonomy + Network
I tutor students and most of my sessions are one on one. How do I make a student feel that he belongs to a network?
The Mighty – 4th episode – Their first quest
“Don’t think of it as a friendship. Think of it as a partnership. You need a brain and I need legs.”
The Mighty
There are scenes that could have been left out, the knights on horseback fail to capture the wonder of a boy’s imagination. They are just a bunch of men dressed up as knights. But the story comes across, we know that Max and Kevin are seeing real knights, and the magic works every time. It has become an indispensable tool in my teacher’s kit.
From Gibberish to … Wow!
You may have found a great video but when you put it on, your students complain that the speakers don’t articulate, they speak too fast and their accents are frightful! It’s gibberish to them.
Agreeing to Disagree
An experienced teacher knows her students, their culture and their needs and her own personality and possibilities better than anyone else. No one can make her decisions for her. If what she is doing is working, if her students are acquiring language, no one can criticize it. If it’s not working, she knows it before anyone else.