Hey fellow teacher,
I decided to go the class route and am enrolled in Japanese 1 at Berkeley for the summer. Boring. Regimented. Boring. The teachers are well qualified, but the method is deadly.
1. Tape a picture on the chalkboard.
2. Introduce a pattern.
3. Practice learning the pattern out of context by rote.
4. Tape another picture on the chalkboard etc.
5. Repeat steps 1-4.
The upside is that I am reviewing. It's just so hard to study consistently on my own. Good luck on the self-study.
I decided to go the class route and am enrolled in Japanese 1 at Berkeley for the summer. Boring. Regimented. Boring. The teachers are well qualified, but the method is deadly.
1. Tape a picture on the chalkboard.
2. Introduce a pattern.
3. Practice learning the pattern out of context by rote.
4. Tape another picture on the chalkboard etc.
5. Repeat steps 1-4.
The upside is that I am reviewing. It's just so hard to study consistently on my own. Good luck on the self-study.