Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Comprehensible Input for Latin Part II: TPR for the First Ten Hours

This worksheet by veteran teacher and long time advocate of Comprehensible Input, Bob Patrick, has been a great resource for me. His ideas of how to introduce vocabulary for retention are right on target with second language acquisition research. I used his ideas, in addition to my textbook, to play vocabulary "games" with my students, acting out words, drawing them, giving commands (Simon says), etc.  Since I started doing these vocabulary activities with TPR and Comprehensible Input, my students have increased their vocabulary tremendously. 

Link: http://www.wheelockslatin.com/tutorials/TeachingMethods/miscellany/BobPatrick_TPR_10Hours.pdf

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