Curriculum and Structure in the CI Classroom with Adriana Ramirez

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What does curriculum look like in a classroom that puts comprehensible input at the center of the language acquisition experience? Is it possible, in fact, to follow a curriculum, in either a traditional or reinvented way? In this episode, we look at this very question with Adriana Ramirez, a Spanish teacher in Canada. Adriana helps us to see what curriculum looks like in her classroom as she implements a CI approach to language teaching and learning.

Topics in this Episode:

• the key aspects of a CI (Comprehensible Input) classroom that are a departure from some more legacy approaches
• “curriculum” in a CI classroom and how do we plan for and document the learning
• the structure of a lesson and the student experience
• why CI is ultimately more beneficial than a vocabulary and grammar-focused curriculum
• some misconceptions and critiques about CI
  
  

Connect with Adriana Ramirez:

• Blog: drianaramirez.ca
• YouTube: Teaching Spanish with Stories
• Twitter: @veganadri
• Intagram: @veganadri

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