by Terry Waltz | Jun 6, 2018 | Chinese-specific, General, Languages of Unusual Features, Training
All you people who’ve had a couple of Chinese lessons — please, please — and I am not saying this to be mean — stop generalizing your experience with Chinese to the broader field of language acquisition and particularly to teaching Chinese....
by Terry Waltz | May 31, 2018 | General, Training
Many teachers are beginning to take distance students using Skype or other technologies, and increasingly there are questions about what needs to be done to have a successful 1-on-1 class using TPRS. It’s true that there are a few things that should, or can, be...
by Terry Waltz | May 31, 2018 | General
What people do not get is that it is entirely possible to discuss topics students are interested in while targeting. High frequency, you know? We are focusing on high-frequency language, supposedly. It’s perfectly feasible to simply add a few words (making them...
by Terry Waltz | May 29, 2018 | General, Methods
It’s not any of them. CI is a lens. It’s a way of looking at things. Not only a way of looking, it’s the compulsion to look at everything that happens in the classroom and ascertain whether it is providing Comprehended Input in a way that will get...
by Terry Waltz | May 25, 2018 | General, Methods, Speaking/Listening
Except they really aren’t. They are not (for the most part) familiar stories, which means you can’t use background knowledge. They are not simple stories, which means lots of words are needed. IMO these stories don’t belong in a Chinese L1. You might get away with...
by Terry Waltz | Jan 28, 2018 | General, Training
Paraphrasing a post I saw on another group recently. A teacher was very dissatisfied with her own performance in implementing TPRS. She had been to a conference, watched all the videos she could find, and practiced, but still she felt inadequate. Even though her...
