I'm planning to do things a little differently for this class. I've used textbooks in the past that are very methodical and systematic. They lay out the bones of the language, but not in an easy to retain way. This class will use a more thematic approach. It will be 10 lessons, with 5 themes. The first 5 lessons will introduce the 5 themes, then lessons 6-10 will review those themes, while building upon them with new vocab and sentence structures. I feel like this method will encourage the most retention possible in a 10 week course.Another change I want to make is the length of each class. I don't think I could concentrate as a student for more than 45 minutes, no matter how interesting the class. An hour might be a little too long.
So here's the structure: 10 classes of 45 minutes, taught once a week. Assignments will be given to allow the students exercises to retain information during each week. The progress a person can make with only 10 minutes of practice a day is surprising.
Leave a comment if you would like to participate, and what your favorite time slot is. Can anybody do Fridays at 5:45, somewhere downtown?
