RE: (teach) Bedtime stories for teachers: The Adventures of Francois Gouin

"Thanks to Dave Kees for reminding us that the best way to learn a language is to be a small child growing up in-country. Now, if I can just find a way to get my Chinese students over to the US, and find them a time machine...."


Of course, we can't take our students to America. So the natural conclusion of what Jim is referring to is the effectiveness of extensive reading or extensive exposure to English through recordings, movies, etc. at a level of comprehensible input. It works. In this way, every English student in the world learns things that were never taught.


Dave Kees