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2025 CIREBOOT Recordings On Demand (Available until March 2026)
CIReboot 2025
University Credit requirements 2025
Full Program from the live CI-Reboot July, 2025
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Language Demos . First, watch one in a language you do not know
Basic demo in Arabic of comprehensible input and storytelling for beginners to CI teaching and true beginners in Arabic AbdelKader Khila 54 minutes (54:11)
Dutch for non-literate students (117:17)
Japanese demo Shelley Thomas 2022 CI-Reboot - 60 minutes (59:58)
French class, Part 1, 11 hours of brain-based intro classes 11 hours (CALA)
Complete 81 page French Handout CALA Shelley Thomas
Clipchat demo in French Helene Colinet 56 minutes (56:33)
Mandarin -- click on bundled content
The Fundamentals of Comprehension-Based Teaching
Opening, Adriana Ramírez, Dahiana Castro, Karen Rowan (11:52)
Comprehensible Input, the Basics for Beginners - 30 minutes Stephen Krashen (27:57)
Language acquisition research versus "But that's the way I learned"- Dr. Karen Lichtman 56 minutes
Language acquisition: theory and application Krashen 2023 (53:10)
Growing with Proficiency Podcast- Claudia Elliott with guests Jason Fritze and Dr. Lichtman (58:03)
BVP Spills the Tea 2023 61 minutes (61:29)
Coffee with Krashen New data on Conscious Learning and Grammar Competence 2023 60 minutes (121:56)
CORE PRACTICES from a Comprehension-Based Communicative Language Teaching perspective. (57:30)
Links to Massive High Impact Resources on Trello compiled by Jason Fritze
BVP's Pet Peeves (Livestream) 104 minutes (63:55)
Total Physical Response
Total Physical Response: Engaging Language Learners Throught Movement- Dahiana Castro 56 minutes (56:00)
Linda Li and Karen Rowan Total Physical Response (pre-recorded) 2022 (68:57)
The Fundamentals of TPR (video and resources) Part 1 of 3 Jason Fritze - 73 minutes (73:12)
StoryAsking / Storytelling/ Asking Questions
Parallel Mini-Stories: A Pathway to Fluency and Interculturality- Ben Tinsley (51:35)
Engaging Novice Learners Through Stories- Profe Valentina 60 minutes (59:11)
Get Up and Move: Active Vocabulary Strategies- Dahiana Castro (53:45)
Counting the Ways to Co-Create Stories with Students- Paulino Brener (117:30)
The Fundamentals of CI/TPRS (video and resources) Part 2 of 3 Jason Fritze 34 minutes (34:46)
The Fundamentals of CI/TPRS, Part 3 of 3 Jason Fritze 118 minutes (78:14)
What does CI look like in a classroom? (Link to videos)
Backward Planning / Curriculum
Lost In Translation: Ending the Resource Struggle for French Teachers- Ben Tinsley 58 minutes (58:04)
Mapping Your Unit with Comprehensible Input- Claudia Elliott 68 minutes (68:18)
Enhance & extend TL COMMUNICATION via TECH Jason Fritze 54 minutes (54:31)
Poster, Poster on the Wall John Sifert (Padre de cinco) (59:13)
Making Authentic Songs Work in the CI Classroom- Carolina Gómez 54 minutes (53:27)
The Intersection of Afro-Latino Identity and Immigration- Jenniffer Saldaña Whyte (53:09)
Amplify Students' Voices with an Asset-Based Approach in Our WL Classes- Claudia Elliott (26:58)
Censorship in the Classroom: The Real Radical Agenda Armando Bochinche- Margarita Pérez García and Adriana Ramírez (63:34)
Backward Planning from a CI Novel. More than Words. Karen Rowan 55 minutes (55:07)
Backward Planning CI with a textbook Dahiana Castro 57 minutes (56:53)
Teaching Reading, FVR (Self-selected independent reading)
Unlocking the Power of Reading: Strategies for Pre-Reading, Reading, and Post-Reading Success- Dahiana Castro (French/ Spanish) (50:21)
Maximizing Student Engagement with Comprehensible Novels in the level 1 Classroom- A.C. Quintero (54:16)
Reading 52k Words in Spanish 1: Simple Steps for a High-Impact Extensive Reading Program-Margarita Pérez García (76:40)
Reading in the language classroom- Adriana Ramírez 59 minutes (58:54)
Understanding Dyslexia: How to Support Dyslexic Students in the Language Classroom- Adriana Ramírez (64:56)
Creating an FVR Program that Works John Sifert 102 minutes (62:35)
Raise $1000 for your classroom library this year Adam Giedd 54 minutes (54:40)
Krashen, 41 minutes, Research on Reading (41:46)
Comprehensible Input with Games
Let’s Have Fun! Games & Brain Breaks for an Engaged Classroom- Fadi Abughoush 71 minutes (71:05)
Let's PLAY! 讓我們玩 ¡VAMOS A JUGAR! هيّا بنا لنلعب JOUONS! בואו נשחק GIOCHIAMO! 遊ぼう LASS UNS SPIELEN!- Jason Fritze (56:53)
Classroom Management
Seamless Classroom Routines that Empower, Connect, and Captivate Dahiana Castro (35:04)
Effective High School Classroom Management Strategies- Dahiana Castro 43 minutes (42:56)
Beyond “Classroom Management” to Student Self-Regulation Helene Colinet 63 minutes (63:07)
Dr. Macheo Payne The School to Prison Pipeline. The Disproportionate Suspension and Expulsion of Black Students. Karen's notes and links
Assessment and Artificial Intelligence
Assemble Your Assessments- Kia London 49 minutes (49:41)
Assessment-Roundtable Discussion 57 minutes (115:04)
Roundtable: Assessment / AI (56:53)
Save Time and Enhance Your Language Classes: Create Materials with AI Paulino Brener (66:48)
The Big Picture Today
Grounded Teaching: Staying Rooted in Your Purpose During Uncertain Times Panel Discussion led by Adriana Ramírez (68:44)
Closing (12:17)
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Podcast and Livestreams
Motivated Classroom podcast, Liam Printer with visual notes (74:10)
The Growing with Proficiency Podcast Claudia Elliott - 71 minutes (71:32)
The Growing with Proficiency podcast with Claudia Elliott 2023 (120:17)
Live Stream Panel Discussion: Interculturality and Positionality 2023 (69:40)
Panel discussion Social Justice Adriana Ramirez, Haiyun Lu, Margarita Perez García, Dahiana Castro, Ben Tinsley, Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Fadi Abughoush (65:57)
The Growing with Proficiency Podcast Claudia Elliott - 71 minutes
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