Speaking English in class is bad. USING English in class is very good practice indeed. There’s an enormous difference. Recently, a teacher wrote on a well-known e-mail list for foreign language teachers: Why are the students writing English in Spanish class? IMHO, you are making them pass through the English (brick) wall to get to […]
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The mythical “wall”
Posted by Terry Waltz on November 12th, 2012
Posted in Methods, Outside Forces 
Tags: Comprehensible Input, Novices, Using English 
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Posted by Terry Waltz on November 9th, 2012
Show me, and I forget. Teach me, and I learn Give me enough comprehensible input, and I acquire forever