Effective English Teaching: Pedagogical Tenets, Multiple Intelligences & Language Development
Pedagogical Tenets to Promote English in the Classroom
- Active Methodology: Engaging students through active participation.
- Using Realia: Incorporating real-life objects and materials.
- Comprehensive Approach: Addressing all aspects of language learning.
- Setting Routines: Establishing consistent classroom procedures.
- Short and Varied Activities: Keeping lessons dynamic and engaging.
- Promote Communicative Activities: Encouraging interaction and communication.
Multiple Intelligences
- Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence:
Mastering English Tenses: Examples and Usage
Where do you come (come) from? Are you American?
The sentence is asking about the person’s place of origin, which is a general fact or habitual action.
It is usually dry here at this time of the year doesn’t rain (not / rain) much.
The sentence describes a general situation or a fact that is true in general.
Water boils (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
The sentence states a scientific fact or a general truth.
Look at that man over there! What is he doing (he / do)?
The sentence refers to an action happening
Read MoreKey Competences: Acquisition and Learning in Language
Key Competences in Language Acquisition
What is a Key Competence?
(Deseco, 2003) Key competences represent a transferable, multifunctional package of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that all individuals need for personal fulfillment and development, inclusion, and employment.
- Knowledge: conocimiento
- Skill: habilidad
- Attitude: actitud
European Key Competences
- Communication in the mother tongue
- Communication in a foreign language
- Mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology
- Digital
Learning Theories: Brain, Memory, Styles, and Intelligences
New Learning Theories
New theories must be integrated because every class is different, and so every child is different:
- Everyone has an extraordinary learning potential. Our brain learns quickly and naturally.
- The best atmosphere is multi-sensorial, stress-free, non-input, and varied.
- Our paraconscious is activated through suggestion.
- Listening and comprehension are introduced before oral production.
- Movement is essential to learning.
- Good teachers are born, not made.
The Brain
Neocortex: Cognitive thought.
Read MoreComparing Approaches to Language Instruction
Language Teaching Methods: A Comparison
Grammar Translation (GT)
- Theoretical Foundation: Classical assumptions about education as a “discipline”; learning a foreign language is the mark of educated persons.
- Goals: Vocabulary memorization, grammar rules, translation of passages, reading proficiency.
- Learner-Teacher Roles: Teacher as controller.
- Typical Activities: Explaining rules, memorizing vocabulary, translating reading passages.
- Strengths: Reading proficiency, familiarity with the written form of
Brain-Based Learning: Theories and Strategies
Two New Theories
New theories must be integrated because every class is different, and so every child is different:
- Everyone has an extraordinary learning potential. Our brain learns quickly and naturally.
- The best atmosphere is multi-sensorial, stress-free, with no input, and varied.
- Our paraconscious is activated through suggestion.
- Listening and comprehension are introduced before oral production.
- Movement is essential in order to learn.
- Good teachers are born, not made.
The Brain
- Neocortex: Cognitive