Kit Tetmeyer (they/them)

Recently earned a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines). I love teaching ESL & German!

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

@Gimmeedaball @americnhumanist I disagree that “without” implies that a god exists.

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Thank you, Dr. @skrashen, for making my year! You were the first researcher I learned about when I started my MA in TESOL two years ago. It never occurred to me that I would get to hear you speak - and twice in one day! I'm over the moon! #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Emphasis on high frequency words is unnecessary. Because they are high frequency, those words will come! #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Reading intervention for kindergarten and 1st grade? Have the learners listen to stories! #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Grammar teaching has only a small effect on language performance. (Well shoot, I enjoy grammar!) #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

.@skrashen wasn't a good student! He finished grad school on probation. But then he found problems he couldn't help but try to solve. That was magic! #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Homework "is just torture and pain, for the most part." -@skrashen #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

"Just keep drinking coffee...and you'll be okay." -@skrashen #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

You remember something after hearing it just once if it solves a problem for you. #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

The idea that you lose your creativity when you turn 30 is NOT AT ALL true! It's a matter of finding the work that you love and solving problems. #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Myth: Only the young are creative. Reality: Older people are quite creative! Einstein had his breakthrough when he was 26, but his later work was BETTER than that. #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

OMG @skrashen served in the @PeaceCorps like I did! #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Myth: After puberty, you can't fully acquire a language. Reality: You absolutely can! The language acquisition device never shuts off. This includes accents. #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Myth: Kids don't read these days. Reality: Kids are reading as much as they used to. They have always read a great deal! We just don't see them reading. They don't always read what we think they "should" read, but they do read! #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Poor spelling is often an indication of the lack of a reading habit. People who read know more about everything. #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Myth: Kids read too much "junk." Reality: "Fiction has it all, folks." -@skrashen #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Hard study doesn't work. What DOES work? Trying to solve problems and reading things that are interesting/fun/pleasant to you! "Smart people never study." -@skrashen #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Being an early reader in preschool doesn't predict better reading in 4th grade. #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Phonemic awareness is the RESULT of knowing how to read. #MABEMI2021

[Kit Tetmeyer (they/them) @KitTetmeyer]

Phonics has been really oversold. @skrashen has looked at every research paper he could find, and the research shows that if you give kids intensive phonics instruction, they're only better at pronouncing words in a list in isolation! #MABEMI2021