Comprehensive Input and BTSA

I will begin to write about BTSA and how teaching with Comprehensible input can fulfill those requirements.  I will hunt down effective CI strategies to make the standards work for me.

There is one major obstacle at the horizon.  It is the topic of output (speaking, writing, projects, partner work) and how generally it does not help students gain fluency.  This maybe at the dismay of many supervisors, administrators and university professors.

Wynne Wong (Ohio State University) stated, “a flood of Input is necessary to get a trickle of Output”.

Yes.  You cannot force output with kids.  It is only until they have 1) understood 2) heard 3)read  new structures in whole spontaneous language can they begin to use it with ease.  It also has to be more than a 1,000 times before the light bulb begins to shine.
  
No wonder I was silent in France for six months.  Only when I made some good friends could i begin to break out of my English bubble.

The CSTPs (California Standards for the Teaching Profession) that will address will be: Standard 1: Engaging and Supporting ALL students in Learning 
Standard 2: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning and Standard 5: Assessing Students for Learning

This may not be as easy as planned. Stay tuned.