by Terry Waltz | Nov 22, 2014 | Methods
On a language teachers’ list, the comment recently appeared: Maybe we need to distinguish between input-based strategies and TPRS techniques, as well as “approaches” vs. “methodologies.” This is something I’ve been trying to do on...
by Terry Waltz | 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...
by Terry Waltz | Mar 14, 2011 | General, Methods, Speaking/Listening
From our friends (really…they used to be a good interpreting client of mine when I lived in Taipei!) at the British Council, a definition and some examples of “negotiation of meaning”, a popular language teaching buzzword. Does it apply to CI-based...
by Terry Waltz | Mar 13, 2011 | Methods, Speaking/Listening
A comment recently appeared — generally in support of TPRS, too — on a language teachers’ discussion list: To make TPRS effective, the instructor needs to go beyond just telling stories in the classroom. There needs to be instances where students are...
by Terry Waltz | Mar 8, 2011 | Methods
Um, no. There really isn’t. Or, more precisely, it depends on what you mean by “techniques”. The thing that I think a lot of people do not understand is that while it is very accommodating to say “there is time for everything” in the...
