January 2020 – Outdoor Adventure

PREPP Yourself: French Reflexives in the Passé Composé*

Putting French reflexive verbs in the passé composé isn’t hard, but man, it’s long. To help students manage this cumbersome structure, I created an acronym: PREPP. I say: It’s not hard, but you do have to PREPP yourself to put reflexives in the passé composé!* PR = Pronom Réfléchi You have to start with the […]

Tips for Component 1 (C1) of National Board Certification

National Board Certification / Erin

When I got the little firework banner message proclaiming I passed–-I was finally Erin Austin, NBCT–-I cried. (I wanted to be tougher than that, but apparently I’m not.) The National Board certification process is long, difficult, and expensive. I completed the four components plus the language tests over the course of two years, and during

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