I am sitting in my hotel room collecting my impressions from the ACFTL conference. I will be posting on this over the next few days or week or so. I will talk about the good, the bad and the ugly.

My overall impression is that things are moving fast. Technology is going to dictate massive changes that not all teachers are equipped or prepared to deal with. On the other hand, many of them are, and are taking great initiatives. Many teachers, of all ages and languages groups accept that they have to learn from their students.

I also heard confirmation to me of what I have always believed. This came from the Director of the Language Learning Centre of a prestigious university, whose name I do not remember, but I will give her credit later. She said:

Language learning depends on three things, and I call this the golden trinity.

1)Time on task

2)Motivation

3)Attentiveness

Everything else is secondary.