Assign the reading at least two sessions before it will be discussed. Give students ample time to prepare and try to pique their curiosity about the reading: “This article is one of my favorites, and I’ll be interested to see what you think about it.” (Sources: Lowman, 1984; “When They Don’t Do the Reading,” [...]
In his “Counseling-Learning” model of education,Charles Curran was inspired by Carl Rogers’s view of education in which students and teacher join together to facilitate learning in a context of valuing and prizing each individual in the group.In such a surrounding, each person lowers the defenses that prevent open,interpersonal communication.The anxiety caused by the educational context [...]
Should grammar be taught to young elementary age English language learners? Learn what the difference is between language acquisition and language learning.
One of the questions I am most frequently asked is about teaching grammar rules to very young English language learners. Those of you who follow the ” Ask Judie ” bulletin board already know [...]
3 Major Way for Learning a Language
Different people learn in different ways. There is no best way to learn a language, just different ways that suit different people. Here are three of the main ways:
1. Naturalistic Acquisition
Some people prefer to ‘pick up’ the language naturally by immersing themselves in the culture, by reading [...]
