A Shift to Teaching with Comprehensible Input with Bertha Delgadillo

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 9 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

Today Ashley chats with Bertha Delgadillo and then for the variety segment she will share more from her classroom and interviews for student portfolios. See detailed shownotes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Interview:

Bertha Delgadillo is a teacher from Mexico currently teaching in Savannah, GA. She has been teaching for five years and has taught Spanish at all levels of the high school and has some middle school experience. Bertha is here today to share her story of shifting her classroom to using more Comprehensible Input (CI). See detailed shownotes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

What does CI mean to Bertha?

• Delivering messages the students can understand
• Her job is to go slow, show pictures, and make sure students are acquiring input
• Repeated exposure and compelling material is necessary

Inspirations:

• Martina Bex and the Comprehensible Classroom
• Mis Clases Locas and Allison Weinhold
• Many other blogs and Facebook communities

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

Bertha Delgadillo on Twitter @profedelgadillo and her blog here

Other Resources:

• Martina Bex and the Comprehensible Classroom
• Mis Clases Locas and Allison Weinhold
• NTPRS Facebook page
• Tina Hargaden blog and youtube
• La Maestra Loca blog and youtube
• Ashley’s workshops in MA
• How to use Google sites for portfolios
• How to use Google Drive for portfolios
• How to use Youtube for portfolios
• Seesaw
• Flipgrid

Presenting Sponsor:

• Wayside Publishing #followtheowl

Episode Sponsors:

• ACTFL Membership

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• Boomalang
• El Mundo de Pepita
• Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

As always, with season 3, see detailed shownotes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com