A TPRS teacher recently wrote: I know we’re not about writing because it’s output but not input, but maybe this kind of thing would help the kids see the value in paying attention to those stories in class, and give them a chance to see that there are thousands of kids who are being taught […]
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Comprehensible input and acquired output
Posted by Terry Waltz on March 21st, 2012
Posted in General, Methods, Outside Forces 
Tags: Acquired Output, Output, TPRS 
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Posted by Terry Waltz on March 20th, 2012
What exactly is Comprehensible Input? Does it mean “just getting the student to understand pretty much what’s going on, enough to get the point of what’s being said”? That is not the type of CI that is most effective in language acquisition — because if it were, immersion programs would work. The ACTFL Position Statement […]
Posted in Methods Tags: Comprehensible Input, Immersion, Using English Comments Off on Immersion and the Older Beginner