
How to stay out of the rut when working on a lonnnnnng film.
What are ways to keep a entire film interesting to our students, scene after scene after scene?
What are ways to keep a entire film interesting to our students, scene after scene after scene?
It might be a good activity to showcase if you are being inspected by someone who wants to see « communicative activities. »
“Why didn’t I use the sacred red pen? Because student minds retain things that are underlined in red. They retain them …. and reproduce them. Haven’t you ever wondered why students keep making the same mistakes over and over? The mistakes that you have been so carefully underlining in red? “
“It’s time to stop thinking of translation as something shameful that we do only when no one is looking.”
It’s an ideal CI activity because everything is 100% comprehensible and compelling and repetitive. The original structures are repeated countless times.
“One way to build trust is by employing the 2×10 strategy: spend 2 minutes talking with a student about anything other than school for 10 consecutive days.” Better than Carrots or Sticks, by Smith, Fisher and Frey
“Children who are habitually criticized, humilated, or shamed internalize negative feelings about themselves that hinder their healthy development. By contrast, children accustomed to loving support and guidance are much more likely to become healthy and productive citizens.”
“As for non-native speakers, as long as they are comprehensible, we tend to find their accent charming. “
A good qhodunit can give you weeks of excellent lessons with minimum planning.
Every summer for the last ten years something magic has happened in Agen, France. Teachers from around the world have gathered in a friendly little town in southwest France and particpated in what many of them have called a life-changing experience. They come together because they have heard of a different way of teaching languages, a way of creating stories with their students and building a different kind of classroom. They come with open hearts and open minds and they leave with smiles and warm memories and many new friends. That is the magic of Agen.