Activities

Literacy is such an important skill when it comes to language acquisition. Not only do we want our students to be able to speak the language, we also want them to be able to read and understand it.

Conversations are the first step in the Immediate Immersion Way. They are a way to get to know your students and build solid student relationships through the target language.

Parents sing and talk to their babies about the world around them. They keep vocabulary simple, but they don't shelter their grammar. They use whatever grammar is necessary to communicate their message. This is how they acquire the language, the vocabulary, and the grammar in context.

3-2-1 Reading is a variation of whole-class reading that slowly scaffolds reading as students go from whole-group reading to paired reading and finally to independent reading.

One of my favorite activities to do in class is called Write & Discuss. It's an activity that I do at least once a week. I love it because it's so versatile, requires little to no planning, and can be used in conjunction with so many other activities that I do in my classroom.

With comprehensible input, input is the key to language acquisition. But input alone cannot tell us much about a student's proficiency. For that, we need to measure how well a student writes and speaks the language. Today we're going to talk about creating a writing program in your classroom.