Comprehensible Input goes traveling

by | May 5, 2012 | General, Methods

The newest buzz in the communicative language teaching community is — guess what — “Comprehensible Input”. Unfortunately, there seems to be some confusion about what “comprehensible” means. Sitting in workshops given by respected...

ACTFL, why stop at the sentence level?

by | Dec 20, 2011 | General, Outside Forces

The new ACTFL proficiency guidelines are out for 2012. But they are still based on the outcomes from traditional rules-and-output language teaching. Yes, they aren’t referencing specific grammar points, which is a definite plus. And the requirements or wiggle...