Especially when you read poetry, editors frequently have to explain usages as archaic, regional, dialectal, poetic, idiosyncratic, jargon or just plain odd. When I read (Continue Reading)
Especially when you read poetry, editors frequently have to explain usages as archaic, regional, dialectal, poetic, idiosyncratic, jargon or just plain odd. When I read (Continue Reading)
I read Kyle’s response to Lance’s admonition. If Kyle is indeed giving students reading that is at i and not i+1, then there should be (Continue Reading)
Annotated literature draws me. I love reading it, esp in another language, where notes accompany the text to explain references. There are those who insist (Continue Reading)
Growing up I heard the word employer and employee. I took French and realized employee was the past participle of the Fr. verb employer, to (Continue Reading)
My book on Greek diglossia just came and I’ve been reading it. Interestingly, Greek national identity came from religion rather than common descent or language, (Continue Reading)
Not being real bright, I posted the first segment of the Magnum Opus first, forgetting that in the string of segments, it would appear last. (Continue Reading)
I know you directed this post to Terry, Lance, but your concerns are what prompted Brian Barabe to post routinely to the listserv the basics (Continue Reading)
David Lightfoot in The Development of Language, on p. 213 uses the participle and the gerundive in an interesting way, unusual in this day of (Continue Reading)
Terry has written that at the advanced level, i.e. once basic structures have been acquired, internalized, then continued input builds vocabulary, collocations, etc. What I (Continue Reading)
Chris Tienkin, a professor at Seton Hall University, analyzed the data from the PISA international tests and concludes that they say more about American society (Continue Reading)
Until very recently, Pat’s Polemics was running on very old software. It was good when it started, but no one ever maintained it and finally (Continue Reading)
My almost ten-year-old grandson, with a birthday the 9th of Dec., was talking to his Mema, my wife, and she said to him, teasing, Well, (Continue Reading)
My eight year old grandson gave me a running commentary of about 2 hours on a computer game called Mindcraft. What I noticed was the (Continue Reading)
It’s hard to believe I only have a few more weeks to do this. Today is a good day to blog on b/c the activities (Continue Reading)
Last week I broke the first book down (we are starting the third book) into 12 themes with accompanying words fitting the theme e.g. Metella (Continue Reading)
Today I was prepared. I had a list of questions about our reading in Spanish and was able to ask them of the students. I’m (Continue Reading)
Yesterday I arrived at school without the materials I had developed for Spanish, so I decided to make Monday my grammar day. I have a (Continue Reading)
Today I dipped my toe into the grammar lessons I am required to give. The ostensible reason is to ready the students for second year (Continue Reading)
I haven’t blogged much in this category. I am integrating several activities in Spanish after laying the groundwork in the first 9 weeks. I’ll give (Continue Reading)
I haven’t taught since last Thursday. But I’ve been working hard teaching my eldest grandson Italian. He decided he wanted to know Italian and has (Continue Reading)
I am happy with where we are. I got my first syllabus written and am waiting for approval (an informal process). I wrote it for (Continue Reading)
I am happy with where we are. I got my first syllabus written and am waiting for approval (an informal process). I wrote it for (Continue Reading)
This is starting week 6 of the school year. Last week got off to a rocky start b/c I missed Monday. Today I was supposed (Continue Reading)