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| Title | Promoting Use of the L2 |
| Body | A recent discussion on the FLTEACH listserv regarding ways to keep students speaking the target language included the following post. Look for more suggestions next week. ---- In the beginning classes, I do lots of TPR, then when we get into the textbook, I begin gradually lengthening periods of time when no one is allowed to speak the L1. It's like a game. "Let's see if we can go 25 minutes today, with everyone speaking the L2!" Quite soon, the whole class is speaking 50 minutes of the L2 in a 60-minute class, and everyone thinks they won the game! They love feeling like they are a great class. A way to encourage quiet students to jump in instead of just listening to everyone else speak the L2, is to have students keep track of their speaking on a slip of paper, making a tally mark every time they speak the L2. (Saying the same short remark over and over doesn't count.) They also tally the English they might accidentally utter, but they have to subtract five points for each time they do it. Collect those slips after each period, and have a student helper write down the points. Sure, you can't have 100% confidence that those points are accurate, but the important thing is that the kids know their contribution will be noticed and that a higher number of kids do participate. Bishop, M. Keeping in the target language. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (2 Feb. 2006). |
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| Inputdate | 2006-03-02 15:31:00 |
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