by Terry Waltz | Nov 12, 2017 | General
Everything else is TPRS-minus, folks. Sorry, but it is. Every other sort of activity you can come up with is TPRS minus something. And most of them have been done to death back in the days before CI teaching. Just saying you are using fewer words when doing them...
by Terry Waltz | Jul 22, 2017 | Drift / Is This TPRS?, General, Methods, Outside Forces
Don’t get me wrong. I like octopi perfectly well. Seeing one up close was a highlight of the one-and-only, will-never-do-that-again time I went scuba diving in Hawaii. (Turns out I have a few claustrophobia issues…) It wasn’t a very big one, of...
by Terry Waltz | Jul 16, 2017 | General, Training
Bob buys a green car. Does Bob buy a green car? (Yes). Yes, Bob buys a green car. Does Bob buy a horse? (No) That’s right, Bob doesn’t buy a horse. He buys a green car. Does Bob buy or rent a green car? (Buys) Yes, he buys a green car. He doesn’t...
by Terry Waltz | Jul 5, 2017 | Drift / Is This TPRS?, General, Methods, Speaking/Listening
On a web group for CI teachers, a comment was recently made: Intake(the part of the input that is comprehended) could be different for each student. This is to say one man’s targeted CI is another’s non-targeted CI. In light of our TPRS/CI lens, I have...
by Terry Waltz | Jul 3, 2017 | Drift / Is This TPRS?, General, Methods
The “TPRS/CI” lists and groups these days are filled with suggestions about activities. Activities you can do with no preparation. Activities you can do to teach this or that. All kinds of activities. But activities are good, aren’t they? Maybe. IMO,...
by Terry Waltz | Jul 2, 2017 | General, Methods, Speaking/Listening
There is so much talk these days about untargeted input. “Just speak the language with your students.” “You don’t have to pre-plan what language you will teach.” “They’ll get enough repetitions over the course of the year....
