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You know, when I read this it reminded me of the foreign language situation
in the USA. Students get a language class 3 times a week and have little or
no opportunity to use it outside of class.

About a month ago, someone posted information about Total Physical Response
TPR ( TPRworld@aol.com) and I read some books about it. According to
studies, TPR is effective and long term retention is high. I've read about
some other innovative approaches such as the Silent Way and Suggestopedia,
but it seems to me a great advantage of TPR is that it is very easy for the
classroom teacher to start without extensive training or redoing the
typical classroom.

According to Krashen, reading is an excellent way for language learners to
get comprehensible input. In your case, you could read comic books to your
kids and eventually try to get them reading some simple picture books.
Since
your children are living in the United States, you might combine a unit
about ordering food with a trip to McDonalds and the goal would be
for the kids to be able order food. Another idea would be to teach the
kids about something they're interested using English as the means of
instruction. This way opens up a lot of opportunities--you can take a
frisbee and go outside and throw it around. The kids will love it and
they'll be
doing TPR too!

    Wolf Kozel   <wolfk_ua@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
  University of Arkansas

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