intuitive labels for verb conjugations

[David Burrous]

Dorogiye Seelangovtsy:
I believe that the input has to be comprehensible otherwise the student is
wasting his/her time.
Krashen says i + 1, that is, the input should be slightly higher than the
student's level.
db


Emily Tall wrote:

> I am somewhat skeptical about Katya Hirvasaho's remark that we now have
> the technical means to expose the students to large amounts of input.
> Sure, we have the means, but how do you get the student to listen to just
> "input"? Our students are very busy, they work and have to budget their
> time. There are always exceptions, but by and large, they will only listen
> if
> it's an integral part of the course and if it's assigned. I was about to
> also address her remark about conjugations being the construction of
> Western men when it occurred to me that maybe this was an April Fool's Day
> posting...Emily Tall, SUNY/Buffalo

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