I feel like 'incidental learning' definitely takes place in my classroom. I really enjoy having fun, informal conversations with my students either at the beginning or end of the class period. And sometimes, even organically, the informal conversations take shape/place during the actual lesson. This is definitely a great way for ALL students, especially ENL students to learn, try and grow their vocabulary. Most times in these settings, students feel more comfortable and possibly more confident to try these words in their own conversations, ask questions... which leads to even more conversations and attempts to build their own individual vocabulary.
