by Terry Waltz | May 27, 2015 | Curriculum
At the risk of angering those who have produced these materials — which are wonderful for the languages they were produced for — My observation has been that trying to use existing TPRS materials written for other languages (Spanish and French, primarily)...
by Terry Waltz | May 26, 2015 | Reading
Cold Character reading is a purely TPRS writing form. It relies on reading passages that are long and have a high degree of internal repetition. There is typically a high level of proximal repetition (“clusters” of new words or phrases, especially when...
by Terry Waltz | May 15, 2015 | Methods, Outside Forces
I believe that presenting analytical exercises AFTER the language in question is firmly acquired is completely in line with CI principles. We present SOME limited analytical input (pop-ups) during acquisition, but the important thing is that analysis is not even close...
by Terry Waltz | May 11, 2015 | General, Speaking/Listening
Don’t. Or rather, “Don’t, unless there’s a very good reason, and that reason is not your belief that using authentic audio will somehow get beginners to understand authentic audio.” Practice with fast, accented audio is NOT the most...
