When I was first learning about the research on second language acquisition and was trying to figure out what it meant to teach using comprehensible input, one of the biggest obstacles for me was understanding the role of explicit knowledge. “Explicit knowledge” refers to being able to state a fact or a “rule” about a …
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A few years ago, I read a book about designing listening activities for ESL students, and the author said that you should never have students “just listen”; they should always “do” something, like answer comprehension questions or complete some sort of activity after they listen. I think the reasoning was that if students don’t have …
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I'm not a football fan, but I always like watching the best Super Bowl commercials. This year, there were some great commercials, and I decided to use them for some little MovieTalks in class with my students today. I say "little" MovieTalks because I didn't spend as much time on these as I usually do …
Groundhog Day is tomorrow (February 2nd). I've never taught my students about Groundhog Day in the past, but I decided that I will this year. I'm guessing that most of them don't know much about the holiday, so I think they might be intrigued to hear about such a strange tradition. I made a PowerPoint presentation …
Valentine’s Day is coming up soon! It’s always one of my favorite holidays to teach about since there are a lot of topics to talk about and a pretty good amount of resources. Pretty much anything related to love will work as a Valentine’s Day activity! Here are some of my ideas for this year: …
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