Language education classrooms worldwide are ripe for a change. It's ironic that universities seem to be stuck with noneffective methods and most of the change is being driven by individual middle school and high school teachers who use and promote CI-based methods.
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I would also offer that this shift began with changing standards (2012) & teachers moving away from texts.
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Not necessarily a bad thing. To me it’s exciting to see how the change doesn’t come from the top down. Something to celebrate.
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You can get a PhD in education, be a professor who teaches language methods to teachers, and know ZERO about linguistics. AAMOF, that seems to be the norm.
See VanPatten (2014) “Where Are The Experts?” in Hispania.
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Same with running a university language program. One might assume that academics, regardless of their own research, would reach for the research on SLA to plan the university program. Nah, just rely on "common sense", gut instinct & spur of the moment experimentation...
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And let’s not forget elementary teachers who’ve been using these methods for years! :)
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And while I know the research, see the benefits, I still wrap up my first CI shift year feeling "Are they prepared for next year?!? What will they (los maestros de español II) think of me" el poder del qué dirán
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I’m bringing the CI to the college classroom and we’re having a great time! But the best, students tell me they’re now actually using the language outside the classroom. #ciforthewin
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