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The 10 Commandments Of Language Teaching

The 10 Commandments Of Language Teaching. LEARNER'S VERSION * Go with your hunches * Dive in * Get the BIG picture * Believe in yourself * Fear not! * Love thy neighbor * Seize the day * Cope with the chaos * Set your own goals *M istakes help us. TEACHER'S VERSION

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The 10 Commandments Of Language Teaching

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  1. The 10 Commandments Of Language Teaching

  2. LEARNER'S VERSION*Go with your hunches*Dive in*Get the BIG picture*Believe in yourself*Fear not!*Love thy neighbor*Seize the day*Cope with the chaos*Set your own goals*Mistakes help us TEACHER'S VERSION I. Lower inhibitions2. Encourage risk-taking3. Build self-confidence4. Develop intrinsic motivation.5. Engage in cooperative learning6. Use right-brain processes7. Promote ambiguity tolerance8. Practice intuition9. Process error feedback10.Set personal goals

  3. CAN YOU MATCH THE TEACHER’S COMMANDMENT WITH THE LEARNER’S COMMANDMENT?

  4. 1. LOWER INHIBITIONS FEAR NOT! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  5. 2. ENCOURAGE RISK TAKING. DIVE IN! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  6. 3. BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  7. 4. DEVELOP INTRINSIC MOTIVATION SEIZE THE DAY! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  8. 5. ENGAGE IN COOPERATIVE LEARNING LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  9. 6. USE RIGHT BRAIN PROCESSES GET THE BIG PICTURE! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  10. 7. PROMOTE AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE COPE WITH THE CHAOS! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  11. 8. PRACTICE INTUITION GO WITH YOUR HUNCHES! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  12. 9. PROCESS ERROR FEEDBACK. MISTAKES HELP US! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  13. SET YOUR OWN GOALS! 10. SET PERSONAL GOALS! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  14. 1. Lower inhibitions FEAR NOT! *Go with your hunches*Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe inyourself

  15. LEARNER'S VERSION*Fear not!*Dive in*Believe in yourself*Seize the day*Love thy neighbor*Get the BIG picture*Cope with the chaos*Go with your hunches*Mistakes help us.*Set your own goals TEACHER'S VERSION I. Lower inhibitions2. Encourage risk-taking3. Build self-confidence4. Develop intrinsic motivation.5. Engage in cooperative learning6. Use right-brain processes7. Promote ambiguity tolerance8. Practice intuition9. Process error feedback10.Set personal goals

  16. The Future’s Predicate (process over product) Know less to understand more!

  17. Pascal’s Teaching Gambit We don’t know what the END is. So we should enjoy the process. Teach students to be happy and you will be too!

  18. References H.D. Brown, (2000) 'Principles of Language Learning and Teaching‘, New York; Longman

  19. http://eflclassroom.ning.com

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