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From http://musicuentos.com/

One of our principles about second language teaching and learning is "Time on task is fundamental. For time on task to occur, learners need a learning space that is meaningful, relevant, and tied to their needs." In this recent blog post, Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell describes a new count-down strategy when students volunteer information (a "rabbit trail") that is interesting, but not pertinent to the task at hand (and often beyond students' proficiency level in the TL. She finishes with this reflection: "How about another confession? Often the source of the rabbit trail is me. So next step: my students are allowed to count down my rabbit trail. Maybe we’ll all be maximizing our TL time more this way."

Read the post at http://musicuentos.com/2017/11/count-down-rabbit-trail/