Mrs D's Funny Little Classroom

Stephen Krashen has been studying the question for almost his entire career.  His research gave birth to "The Natural Approach", w...

In 1967 I received a letter from the Peace Corps saying that I was accepted as a Volunteer trainee and assigned to teaching English in east ...

The story behind the poem .... When I was a little girl my mother bought Golden Books for me to read.  They were square little books of tw...

How do you respond to senseless violence? When I first heard about the killings in Newton, Connecticutt, I was, of course, appalled.  I d...

Graham Greene once said that France is the only country in the world where waiters and prostitutes don't hesitate to correct your gramma...

How to read with students Research, intuition and experience agree that students who read extensively in their second language acquire...

In a TPRS class the teacher can ask one of the students to retell the story. Generally we do this after we have asked the story and the stu...

TPRS evolved because Blaine Ray considered Stephen Krashen's research into how a second language is acquired fundamental.  Today, in cer...

Today I went to the home of two boys that I taught in primary school two years ago. Their mother wanted me to help them because now they a...

The conference began Friday afternoon and lasted until Sunday afternoon.   I really didn’t know what to expect in the crowd at this national...

I leave tomorrow morning  for Paris on the TGV.  I'm going to present TPRS at the annual TESOL Conference in France.  Tesol means Teachi...