New post is up on my blog: a case study, how Russian can be taught without saying a single word in "Grammarian"
One of my students walked into our first lesson and said: "I don't want grammar terminology. I just want to speak Russian."
So I threw out the lesson plan and started over.
19 lessons. No grammar yada-yada. One family reunion.
The full story — including why role plays are irreplaceable, how context teaches better than rules, and what can be achieved if you ban linguistic yada-yada in your lessons — is on the blog now.










