Comments on: Book Review: Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Goes to the Classroom https://fltmag.com/book-review-common-ground/ IALLT's free language technology magazine Sat, 29 Jun 2024 23:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amanda Lanier (MAFLT@MSU) https://fltmag.com/book-review-common-ground/#comment-324509 Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:18:03 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=7071#comment-324509 Great summary, Amanda R.! “Common ground” is exactly what many language teachers and language programs have needed to find in recent years. As a teacher educator who has seen language teachers and programs transform as a result of CI and comprehension-based approaches, I see the references to those approaches and also the echoes of many interactions with teachers striving to understand the connections to SLA and also struggling to keep collaborating with other teachers who are more “traditional” or who “believe in grammar.” Promoting world languages and multilingualism today is hard enough when you are not fighting with your colleagues in every meeting about planning, curriculum, and assessment. The content, structure, and style of the book are very helpful and accessible in and of themselves, but to me what is really priceless is that they have managed to wade into what has become a battleground and turned the tide. Muchas gracias to Florencia and Maris for that!

]]> By: Amanda https://fltmag.com/book-review-common-ground/#comment-241378 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:23:23 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=7071#comment-241378 In reply to Florencia Henshaw.

You’re welcome. I’m so glad you liked it.

]]> By: Florencia Henshaw https://fltmag.com/book-review-common-ground/#comment-239592 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:06:45 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=7071#comment-239592 Thank you so much! I am humbled and honored by this wonderful review.

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