by Terry Waltz | Jan 23, 2015 | General
So this isn’t theoretical, really, or supported by a sample size of more than one (me). But I found it an interesting realization. I’ve been trying to learn/acquire (mostly what’s available is geared toward learning, not acquisition) a certain Native...
by Terry Waltz | Jan 22, 2015 | General
On a teaching email list, someone recently posted expressing pleasure at how well someone was “acquiring” TPRS. Except that you don’t “acquire” TPRS. Why does that matter? Why does it make a difference whether we throw the word...
by Terry Waltz | Jan 21, 2015 | Chinese-specific, Reading
After not realizing for a long time that there wasn’t any information about the Tonally Orthographic Pinyin system of triple-marked tones for teaching Mandarin up on my web site, I finally got my act together and made an attempt at summarizing the rules and some...
by Terry Waltz | Jan 8, 2015 | Assessment, General
There was recently a discussion about other things on a mailing list, and a teacher gave some examples of types of assessment being used. One thing stuck out in my mind: a task that required students to make a “phone call” (to an online service) and...
by Terry Waltz | Jan 2, 2015 | General
A teacher recently asked for suggestions for how to modify TPRS to suit the needs of an adult “post-beginner” class, which would be taught for 2 hours a day. The goals of the class, which is for ESL, would be to equip the learners with the language to be...
