In the new curriculum that I'm using... yes I know... it has a lot to do with my new found organization... pish posh... everybody needs help! Btw it's called Sonrisas (Smiles)...<so me :)!>... and it is wonderful!!!... I chose it because it encompasses everything I believe about foreign language teaching...making it fun first and foremost, and repetition and songs... and allows me to be silly, and modify and explore... it is serving as a great framework of organization and direction for me... I am so excited about it... anywhoo.... this quote at the very beginning is extremely motivating for me as a teacher and especially as I venture over to the VLA side... and if you aren't familiar with the Village Leadership Academy then feel free to check out my tabs and find a link to their school... but they are a school dedicated to social justice and I believe this quote ties together the owners' mission and my goals (well the teacher I strive to be...)
Here it is:
"Through the inner flexibility of their speech organ, the children find their way to a flexibility of soul and an openness that has an effect on their entire later life and especially on their social abilities. The foreign language lesson is suited like practically no other lesson to encourage openness and awake interest for what is foreign to oneself-- and in our time of widespread racism and social conflict on both a small and large scale this is a pedagogical mission of the first order."
-Rudolph Steiner
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