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Reflections
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.”
Adriana Ramirez
Adriana Ramirez works in Canada, in the province of British Columbia as a Spanish teacher. She has been a language
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.
I wish some Republicans had had this teacher.
“the students are so involved in what’s going on in terms of content that they’re not really aware that they’re acquiring the language”
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.
How to Get More Grammar with Less
He was using the passive voice spontaneously and correctly and appropriately. Something the excellent students from my “S” class had never quite managed, in spite of the tests on the passive voice that they had aced.
To Circle or not to Circle
Teachers intent on counting reps forgot that input must always be compelling. If your students’ eyes have glazed over, you may as well stop circling.