Mrs D's Funny Little Classroom

Changes are coming in our local language instruction ecosystems. Administrators who are paying attention to what happens in their building...

There will be a TPRS workshop in Agen, France in August, 2013. As far as I know, this is the first TPRS workshop to be held in France. I ...

This is the second story which I use to introduce the vocabulary which my students need to understand a song. I give the students more libe...

This is a story that I use to preteach vocabulary which my students need to understand a song that I use often in class.  I'll not give ...

This story was made up by my class of adult beginners.  It's based on Anne Matava's "Who's paying?" It’s New Year’...

I have a new group of students, adults who want to improve their English in order to travel.  Some of them are planning a trip to Australia....

Kim is Rudyard Kipling's best character, a lovable little scoundrel that jeers at all that is pompous.  Trained by a master spy, he dev...

A lot of teachers who say they are "eclectic" or "communicative" have a quick glance at TPRS and say, oh, that's a l...

I'm doing a long translation in a short time frame, so I don't have much leisure to post, though there are several things that I wan...

Until recently most of my private students have been adults.  And almost all the young people I had for lessons were actually studying Engli...

I know Michael Miller as a hearty fellow who handles a lot of the technical problems at National TPRS Conferences and is a jovial Master of ...

In the traditional textbooks there is always a chapter on telling time.   An explanation followed by examples and very often clock faces ev...