Speaking My Language: Episode 4- Dr. Bill VanPatten on language acquisition and teaching

It has been over a year since we have heard the "Diva of SLA" Bill VanPatten live since the last episode of Talkin' L2 with BVP. Darren, Christine, Brian, and Emma ask Bill the hard questions to help inform world language teachers of the basic fundamentals of language acquisition and to help us reflect on what Comprehensible Input is and what it is not. Congratulations to Teryn H. for calling into the show and answering the trivia questions and winning her very own copy of Bill's best seller, While We're On The Topic. Stay tuned for our next live show in a couple weeks streamed on the Michigan CI Language Teachers Facebook Group and may all your input be comprehensible! 3:15 Who is Bill VanPatten? 11:00 Principles that all language teachers must know 22:23 The misconceptions of What C.I. is and how it may be misused in the classroom 31:38 Brief summary of Krashen's input hypothesis? 40:29 What percentage of 7-12 schools are perhaps moving towards more of a comprehension-based approach to language teaching? 53:56 Three best kept secrets from language teachers 1:01:28 Where did this whole verb conjugation chart come from? 1:11:49 Movie Talk with illustrations lesson 1:21:18 What do you say to a student who says that they do not feel like they are learning anything in your language class? 1:24:10 Congratulations to Teryn who called in to answer the trivia question and won a copy of Bill's best seller While We Are On The Topic https://my.actfl.org/portal/ItemDetai...