How “C” (Comprehensible) is Your “I” (Input)?
We want to know if students really understand everything, but asking them if they understand won’t cut it. What’s a teacher to do?
We want to know if students really understand everything, but asking them if they understand won’t cut it. What’s a teacher to do?
By now you have probably heard of “insert language acquisition theory here” and “insert teaching methodology here” and how each of them will revolutionize your teaching and maximize whatever it is you want/need to be maximizing, or at least make it easier for you.
How do you nudge a group of timid Level 1 students to overcome their initial awkwardness with the target language and become adventurous, curious, talkative explorers…