Month: May 2013
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What is “circling”? With examples!
“Circling” is a technique for asking repetitive questions in the target language. We do this all the time in TPRS and CI-based instruction in order to provide students with more repetitions of target structures (i.e., new vocabulary and grammar). The basic pattern of circling is: You follow this pattern to ask questions about the subject…
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Observation Guide for Foreign Langauge Classrooms
Based on the examples of Susan Gross (.pdf) and Bryce Hedstrom (.pdf), I have created a guide for observing foreign language classrooms. Since so many observation guides are state- or district-mandated, they often lack relevancy for foreign language classrooms. I have made this guide to be applicable to the method of comprehensible input (CI) and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and…