Comprehensible Input

  The more strategies you have for comprehensible input, the more engaging your lessons will be. After all, you can’t tell TPR stories all day every day. It’s exhausting, and students will [...]

What’s the best way to teach vocabulary? A million ways. OK, that’s hyperbole. But, what I mean is, the more different ways you teach it, the better, because more activities equals more [...]

What do you do when you need a substitute? Just the thought is overwhelming. This is my typical thought process: Uh oh. I feel my throat getting scratchy. I have no energy. Maybe it’s just [...]

Are you wondering what to do when your administrators insist that you teach using the translation or grammar worksheet method?  Educate your administrators! Are you tired of being evaluated by [...]

With a ratio of 36 students per teacher, how are the students going to get the one-on-one communication they need in order to become proficient in the target language? They’re not. But new [...]

Adding Comprehensible Input to Your Lesson Explain, Model, Demonstrate In the last blog post I said we were going to talk about how to incorporate guided practice into the lesson.  But we [...]

If you love using TPRS Stories or comprehensible input, have you asked yourself, “Do I plan my lesson around the story or plan the story around the lesson?”  It depends on if you use [...]

Would you like to know how to become fluent in two years? Or how to ensure your students become fluent in the target language? The best way to become fluent in a second language is to converse, [...]

 Are you struggling to use the target language 90-100% in your world language classroom?  Here are a few tips that have worked well for me. TIP #1  Guarantee that students enter [...]

Do you use Spanish and French Videos for Comprehensible Input? Videos are excellent comprehensible input, if carefully chosen, (they must be understandable) and the mesmerized students forget [...]