When I tell you that the topic of this episode of the Musicuentos Black Box videocast is an article entitled “Overcoming Resistance to 90% Target Language Use” you probably think what I thought, that it was about getting your students on board with everyone speaking more TL in the classroom. You’ll learn something about that here as well, but the main point isn’t helping the students feel better about TL use, it’s about helping us, the teachers, overcome the objections and obstacles we have to using more target language in the classroom.
Except fatigue. If you find an answer to that one, Albert, please let me know.
Click the video below to watch Albert Fernandez walk you through this article and help you figure out where use of the L1 creeps into our classrooms, and how to kick it back out when needed.
The Musicuentos Black Box is a collection of media resources intended to bridge the gap between Second Language Acquisition research and teacher practice in the classroom. For more information about the project, including information on how you can help keep this resource freely available to teachers everywhere, visit the Black Box page.