A Comprehensible Input (CI) Spanish facilitator in Central Illinois (CI).
Using videos to help teachers who want to grow in CI skills.
Watch every minute from the first 12 Days of Spanish 1 to learn how to start out strong in your target language.
Watch and discuss a short video and your learners' language use will explode!
Ditch the scripts and organize your stories and curriculum through One Verb Stories!
Some ways to engage your learners with a text.
Interventions you can use to ease the anxieties of your learners on that crucial first day.
The best way to start the year with CI.
Behold the power of the embedded reading!
The invaluable classroom job of the class photographer and the best ways to use these pictures.
Why and how you should take a moment to share second language acquisition principles to your learners.
How to use the artwork to give your learners more input and opportunities for relaxed, spontaneous output.
Just like embedded readings build reading skills in your learners, embedded listening can be amazing for developing listening.
Best practices with songs in the world language classroom.
A valuable CI "bridge" from what your learners have heard to what they will read.
Visualized Personal Questions and Answers is a CI friendly activity that scaffolds discussion through images. Try it out!
An easy CI activity that requires very little prep and allows for learners to develop mental representation of the L2
Tell your learners a fun story while you draw pictures and interact with them. Story listening is a great break from traditional TPRS type story asking.
Create memorable class characters and let them be the stars of your stories!