Seven Conditions to Rule Out StoryListening
Advocates of StoryListening (having students simply listen to stories, without comprehension checks or repetition of new language) typically report that “I feel it’s great” or “I just know they understand”. But from a factual perspective,...Early character reading: does it kill the joy?
Recently, a teacher of an alphabetic, phonetic language who does not teach Mandarin posted online to the effect that: …heavy intellectualizing teachers are driving the Mandarin train further down into the intellectual caverns of non-productivity. This, at least,...When do you do Step 1?
I think the issue many people are having of late about “establishing meaning” and whether it can or cannot be done via gesture comes from numbering the “steps” of TPRS. Most people aren’t actually establishing meaning solely using...The case against 是 (shi4)
So you’re starting a new class using TPRS for Chinese. The first thing to figure out, in Chinese, is what language you will be using with them, followed closely by “what will they read that contains that language?” Many new TPRS teachers want to go...Want more?
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