CI group work strategies for world language teachers — in Episode 27 of Comprehend THIS!, we break down what makes collaborative activities succeed or fall apart in a comprehension-based classroom.

Most CI teachers have a group work horror story. This episode is about what to do instead of giving up entirely.

Pamela Parks — a former professional translator of movies and TV shows, now a high school world language teacher — and LaDawn Black — who just ditched the textbook entirely this year and hasn't looked back — join the show to talk honestly about when CI group work works, when it doesn't, and what the difference actually looks like in practice. LaDawn brings the perspective of a teacher still in the thick of her CI transition, with more questions than answers and a refreshingly honest take on the process. Pamela brings a language-in-context lens that most classroom teachers don't have. Together they make for a genuinely useful conversation about one of the trickier aspects of comprehension-based instruction.

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TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 4:30 Why CI Group Work Gets Such a Bad Reputation 14:00 What Made This Group Project Actually Work 24:00 How Much Structure Is Too Much (or Not Enough) 35:00 Keeping English Out of Group Work 46:00 When to Use Group Work — and When to Skip It

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