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Thursday, March 6, 2025

Conferences and workshops: How should I spend my time and money?

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I love language teacher conferences and training. I mean, I REALLY love them. And with that love comes some critical reflection on who they ...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

The Number One Problem: they won't do it if I don't grade it

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Every school and district that I visit has the same number one problem: Students and other stakeholders (admin, caretakers) are focused on p...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Listen up! New Podcast with Claudia Elliot!

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My friend and collaborator (also vice-chair of the Comprehension-Based Communicative Language Teaching Special Interest Group (CCLT SIG) for...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Caregiver -Teacher Conferences (Parent-Teacher Conferences)

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  This is a post that I have had planned for YEARS but never actually wrote.  I was planning on writing it during the 4th week of March, 202...
Friday, December 29, 2023

The New, Updated "Secret Input"

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 I have totally been neglecting this little blog, but not because I haven't been working! Take a look at the updated information and dir...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Input-Based Children's Books!

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Hello everyone! My name is Caitlin McKinney, and I am really excited to be writing as a guest blogger for The Deskless Classroom. About Me: ...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Supporting the New-to-Language Kids: Differentiation in Action

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Something that comes up a lot for teachers who have been using an acquisition driven, comprehension based approach is this: what do I do whe...