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The (De-)Fossilization Diaries

A language teacher tries to crank up his Spanish

Contents

Introduction

  1. Some background
  2. Fossilization: Is it terminal, doctor?
  3. So, just how bad is it?
  4. Back to school
  5. What are classrooms good for?
  6. What drives me?
  7. Formulae for success?
  8. Expensive reading?
  9. Why Spanish?
  10. Fatal attractors
  11. Am I past it?
  12. Confidence tricks
  13. The talking cure
  14. The deep end
  15. ‘Autoblogography’ as research
  16. I did it!

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