Mrs D's Funny Little Classroom

Once students have acquired enough vocabulary that they can read short texts with ease and pleasure, it's time to start thinking about r...

As we start in on the new school year, the moretprs forum and Ben Slavic’s blog are discussing the issue that never fails to come up at...

Students who are learning English make many mistakes, of course.  But one of the most difficult things for them to master is the difference ...

I have a new blog which is better organized and more accessible.   A TPRS Witch You can find it at http://tprswitch.jimdo.com Or...

As I explained, my Friday afternoon class is writing a novel.  We now have four characters, Vincent Team, Johnny Spider, Jackson Sixteen and...

There are four boys in my Friday afternoon class.   We began working together last November and they, their parents and I are very pleased...

Why don't they know their irregular verbs?  Why do they always drop the -s on third person singular verbs?  Why do they confuse "hi...

In order to make information about TPRS and workshops in Europe readily available, I've created a new site:  http://tprswitch.jimdo.c...

Two of my adult classes are watching the movie, Shawshank Redemption .  Last week we watched the sequence that showed Brooks, the old prison...

It's so easy to be negative about "unmotivated kids".  The ones that slouch in their seats in the last row and dare  you to t...

I have a good friend who lives about half an hour from Brighton. She is now retired and is very active in local activities. I had been think...

For many years I've admired the posts of Laurie Clarq on the moretprs forum.  Whenever the debate got heated, she would intervene and ca...

I want to share this report from Greg with you.  He's an amazing teacher who was ready to quit the profession and was looking for anothe...

Not long ago I was offered a lovely present by two kind friends. Emilie is French and teaches English in France.  She wants to know more a...

Recently my friend Emilie let me teach two sessions with one of her classes.  It was part of an experiment, an idea from Ben Slavic’s Prof...

I have had problems getting the Paypal button to work for the TPRS Workshop in Agen.  It is at last functioning.  The problems were due to ...

I'm reposting this because people were having trouble finding the original post. There will be a TPRS workshop in Agen, France in ...