I work with teacher candidates, which means it’s that time of the year when they head into classrooms to observe what mentor teachers are doing to support learning. This week, they’ll be looking for how instruction and activities are aligned with objectives. As such, I’m revisiting this fundamental pedagogical practice that I often hear teachers begrudge…
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Acquisition Rates: Thinking we have control
I made a silly decision at the start of last year. While the expression for “my name is” in Latin comes out as “nōmen mihi est” (lit. name for me is), I really, really wanted to introduce students to adjective agreement early. As such, I chose “nōmen meum est” (lit. name my is). Results? My students still have adjective agreement issues, which is normal, but there’s more. Sadly, they also don’t know “mihi” very well, which is a much more frequent and useful word.
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