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Practicing teachers have been reflecting on ACTFL’s recommendation to use at least 90% target language in her language classroom (if you’re unfamiliar with this position statement, you can read it here: http://www.actfl.org/news/position-statements/use-the-target-language-the-classroom).

In a recent provocative blog post, teacher Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell examines the origin and implementation of this specific number and explores issues of the quality/comprehensibility of the input in the process of developing her own position statement. Read her reasoning and resulting position statement here: http://musicuentos.com/2016/07/apprehend/

Read teacher Justin Slocum-Bailey’s own position statement (in part a reflection after reading the above post) here: http://indwellinglanguage.com/position-statement-tl-use/

Read teacher Amy Lenord’s suggestions for how to make the most use of the 10% non-target language classroom time here: http://www.amylenord.net/blog/making-the-most-of-the-10-bts-prep