by Terry Waltz | Nov 26, 2014 | General, Methods
Many teachers are being told to use more cooperative activities in their classrooms, but does this approach actually improve student acquisition? Below are some common ideas about cooperative learning in the foreign language classroom, and a Comprehensible Input-based...
by Terry Waltz | Nov 23, 2014 | General, Outside Forces
Okay — first of all, depth of knowledge has to do with knowledge, not acquisition…but assuming that many teachers do need to provide this sort of administrivia, let’s see how beautifully TPRS and common TPRS-related activities fit! Incorporating some...
by Terry Waltz | Nov 22, 2014 | Methods
On a language teachers’ list, the comment recently appeared: Maybe we need to distinguish between input-based strategies and TPRS techniques, as well as “approaches” vs. “methodologies.” This is something I’ve been trying to do on...
by Terry Waltz | Nov 22, 2014 | General, Methods
(You say that like it’s a bad thing…) More people (including other language teachers!) trying to stuff the acquisition of new languages into the same mold that fits fact-based disciplines, like — well, like everything else. I can understand clueless...
by Terry Waltz | Nov 22, 2014 | Chinese-specific, General
From a language teachers’ list: TPRS is used for teaching fluency. We use it whenever students don’t have “ease of expression”. Ease of expression means they speak with confidence, accuracy and without hesitation. It is been my exprience...
