(For myths 1-5 click here.) Myth #6 – Pictures and gestures will make L2 input comprehensible. Although I’m not a foreign language acquisition expert (and I haven’t done any formal research) I’m coming to the conviction that Myth #6 is … Continue reading
Myth #1 – “Staying in the target language is only for teachers who are native or near native speakers.” Myth #1 MAY BE TRUE when a teacher is working with students who already function at a high L2 proficiency level. However, when teaching novice … Continue reading
To commemorate 100 posts published on Tuesday’s Tips For Staying In The Target Language, here are some Top 10 (and 15) Lists. In other news, I’ll be taking some time off from publishing these posts every Tuesday. Click here if … Continue reading
My 3-year-old didn’t know how to say, “DIS-gusting,” so she said, “Daddy, this is EX-gusting!” My recipe must have been a failure because, before she even took a bite, she was telling me the food was gross. “C’mon!” I thought. … Continue reading
I was silently YELLING at my students in my head. “We’ve been over this a thousand times!” “They are the simplest of L2 questions. I know they’re novice students, but…C’MON!!! How can they NOT know how to respond to “How are you?” … Continue reading
Here’s a great question about L2 use in the foreign language classroom from a middle school German teacher: Hello Señor Howard, I’ve been teaching middle school German for 10 years, but I don’t like the amount of L1 I have … Continue reading
10 of my favorite “teaching in the target language tips” in 140 characters or less. Señor Howard @HolaSrHoward Dec 10 A rule of thumb in my #TL90plus classroom: if something I say won’t be comprehensible, it’s not worth saying. #langchat … Continue reading
A teacher’s chances of winning the behavior management battle, in a 90+% TL classroom, soar when she excels at pairing incomprehensible L2 input equivalent and comprehensible extralinguistic forms of input. Student tendency to engage in off-task behavior increases when he/she … Continue reading
