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How to level up your teaching
Check out the best teaching approach below! Whether you want some activity, warmer, or filler ideas or if you want to read about some of the best teaching methodologies around, this space is for you. As an experienced teacher and methodologist, I also offer feedback for your own materials and teaching. If you have something great, I'll share it on the blog and, of course, give credit where credit is due.
Simply put, it's a little bit of everything. The fact is people have learned languages throughout history (yes even without all of our fancy resources), and learners vary greatly in their preferred learning strategies.
That said, I believe that the following is what should be focused on the majority of the time.
Understanding is achieved through interaction
successful communication > perfect grammar
Authentic texts
learners need to be exposed to real-life language
Improving strategies for understanding
using pictures, chunking, questions, etc.
Personal experiences
the learner's lives are important and should affect the lesson content
Using language in novel ways
A little bit of imagination doesn't hurt.
Autonomy
Guide and support your students in taking ownership of their learning
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Principled eclecticism
This is the best approach to teaching any language... but what does it mean?
