Chris Livaccari, the Associate Director of China Initiatives at Asia Society, offers some great ideas for using humor, improvisation (not just memorization) and inquiry to allow "full realization" of students' language skills in the classroom.
One of my favorites:
"For my first-year Japanese students, one of my favorite activities was the teaching of command forms, which I introduced through a video I made with my wife – with whom I studied Japanese in Tokyo – in which she follows me around the house in an overbearing way, telling me not to “drink sake” but to “drink milk” instead; not to “read comic books” but to “read textbooks” instead; not to “listen to rock music” but to “listen to classical music” instead; not to “play” but to “clean.”
Chris will be making a presentation at our March 5 forum. Don't miss it!
See the full article here.
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