Comprehensible Input in the World Language Classroom! This interview episode features language experts Rachelle Adams and Anna Gilcher, two master language teachers and educator trainers.
Comprehensible Input in Your World Language Classroom
Teachers and parents constantly look for ways to engage children, encourage students to stay in the target language, and keep the learning experience fun. Comprehensible Input can keep the language class staying in the target language at a high percentage of class time.
As a result, CI teachers use gestures, body language, and visual tools along with the target language input.
As teachers provide target language input to students educators also want to make sure that children/students truly understand it. So how does it work? And how do you know that the target language input is comprehensible?
Meet Two World Language Master Teachers and CI Trainers
Anna Gilcher and Rachelle Adams are two master world language teachers and educator trainers.
Rachelle is the founder and co-director of Elevate Education Consulting. She is also an experienced Spanish teacher.
Rachelle Adams, Founder and Co-director of Elevate Education Consulting
Anna is the co-director and a skilled French teacher. She also speaks Spanish and German.
Anna Gilcher, Co-director of Elevate Education Communication
Both Anna and Rachelle have presented comprehensible input (CI) related topics in numerous well-known national world language teachers’ conferences and forums.
I am so glad to have these two language experts join me on the show and share their expertise on CI in the world language classroom with us.
The Language Expert Interview: A Practical Introduction to Comprehensible Input in the World Language Classroom
Quick Watch
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Language Stories of Anna and Rachelle
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What is comprehensible input
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So how about TPRS?
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Target language input vs. output
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The main difference between the legacy language classroom and the CI language classroom
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How to prepare for a CI classroom
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Show & Tell: a tour of a CI classroom
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A question about the Word Wall
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Do you teach grammar in the CI classroom
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How to teach Culture
Don’t you want to have a “What Is Comprehensible Input” printable so you can have it as reference?
Anna and Rachelle love teachers so they have prepared a CI printable for Miss Panda’s readers and you can download it here.
Connect with Language Experts and Learn More About CI Training
Also, how about get in touch with Anna and Rachelle and join the online community where CI teachers discuss CI practices, share resources, and connect with each other.
Resources Mentioned in the Interview
Book:While We’re on the Topic
PodCast: Tea with BVP
Game: Story Cubes
More Language Expert Interviews
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