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Thin but Functional
Today I will answer a question from the mail: You represent Soroka as a one-year-long course, but the Student’s Book is so thin. How is that?
Today we will deal with a calendar and count. Soroka is designed for those students who study Russian once a week. Let’s count how many lessons they have over a year.
Continue reading “Thin but Functional”Reading With Flashcards
Answers to the parents’ questions
Question #1: Why do we use flashcards for reading?
Answer: Flashcards are easier to sort and shuffle. You can add words that students should read and remove those that they already read well.
Continue reading “Reading With Flashcards”Introducing Language to Speech
In my teaching career, there were situations when students knew grammar well and did grammar exercises correctly, but still ignored all learned grammar rules in their speech. And it didn’t matter what language they had been learning – Russian or English. Teachers often encounter this problem, so let’s figure out what we can do to cope with it.
I suggest taking three steps.
Cartoons
I’m often asked which cartoon I can recommend to kids that learn Russian.
The answer is: The one that corresponds to their language level. It means that if your students follow the curriculum of the Soroka course, which is for beginners, then the cartoon should be of the same level. That way, it will make sense!
To give you a better understanding of why level-matching is important, I suggest that you conduct an experiment.
Continue reading “Cartoons”Soroka 2 in English
Teacher’s Book Soroka 2 is available in English. For those parents and teachers who can speak Russian but cannot read it very well.
You can purchase it on Amazon, here is the link,
and my web-site, here is the link.
Soroka 1 Teacher’s Book in English
Teacher’s Book in English is available on Amazon. Follow the link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Z2RXZB5?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
The same book is also available on my web-site. Here is the link https://sorokam.com/en/catalog/Teachers_Book1_inEnglish
If you prefer pdf files you can purchase them on TpT press here https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Soroka-1-Teachers-Book-in-English-6691239
Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
Is taking one hour a week of Russian language enough or not?
To answer this question, I invite you to learn how our memory works. Let’s view the forgetting curve. It is the result of experiments conducted by the German scientist Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885. Here we see the following:
Mistakes are Growth Points
All students make mistakes in class — take it easy, this is part of life.
When there are no mistakes, it means that the student knows everything and no longer needs a teacher.
Personally, I love when my students make the mistakes. I listen to them carefully and analyze them. We need mistakes. Mistakes help us understand where to go next. We see what material has been well-learned and what material still needs to be worked on.
Continue reading “Mistakes are Growth Points”Grandmas – YouTube Channel
SorokaDigital YouTube channel presents
Turn on English subtitles and enjoy.