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Multiple Intelligences theory: ICT and Pronunciation So what’s new?

Multiple Intelligences theory: ICT and Pronunciation So what’s new?. Learner Autonomy. What does Learner Autonomy mean to you?. What do Learners need to become Autonomous?. A brief history of Autonomy. First begins to appear in language learning literature in the 1970’s.

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Multiple Intelligences theory: ICT and Pronunciation So what’s new?

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  1. Multiple Intelligences theory: ICT and Pronunciation So what’s new? www.britishcouncil.org

  2. Learner Autonomy What does Learner Autonomy mean to you? What do Learners need to become Autonomous? www.britishcouncil.org

  3. A brief history of Autonomy • First begins to appear in language learning literature in the 1970’s Seminal texts “Autonomy and Foreign Language Learning” - Holec 1979 “Learner Autonomy: Definitions, Issues and Problems” - Little 1991 Has origins in “distance learning” and a series of texts about traditional education Pedagogy of the Oppressed – Freire, 1970 Teaching as a Subversive Activity – Postman, Weingartner, 1971 Deschooling Society – Illich, 1973 From Communication to Curriculum – Barnes, 1975 www.britishcouncil.org www.britishcouncil.org 3

  4. A brief history of Autonomy • It is a key concept within the Council of Europe’s CEFR(Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ) The Language learning for European citizenship project produced the drafts for the CEFR and the European Language Portfolio www.britishcouncil.org www.britishcouncil.org 4

  5. Learner Autonomy • Autonomy is self-instruction i.e. no need for a teacher. • Autonomy is the ability to take charge of one’s learning. • Autonomy is destroyed by teacher control. • Learner Autonomy is a methodology we can plan into our classes. • Autonomy is a capacity for critical reflection and independent action. • Autonomy is easy to define and quantify • Once Autonomy is obtained in language learning, it can easily be applied to any other area. 2 and 5 are our working definitions coming from Holec and Little 1,3,4,6 and 7 are common misconceptions as described by Little www.britishcouncil.org

  6. Prerequisites for Learner Autonomy • Agency From the first slide our second question was: What do our leaners require to become more autonomous? Motivation - interest / commitment “Know-how” - guidance / ability www.britishcouncil.org

  7. Agency • Agency  refers to the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices within a social setting. agency n ….refers to the capacity for human beings to make meaningfulchoices and take responsibility for their decisions and actions… www.britishcouncil.org

  8. Agency in language learning– What does it require? • social setting • Individuals choice and responsibility ...agency is always a social event that does not take place in a void or in an empty wilderness. Agency in the classroom van Lier, L. 2008 www.britishcouncil.org

  9. Agency • Agency cannot exist in a vacuum. • We as teachers must provided our students with a space which promotes their budding agency within the field of language learning. • This is the first step on the long road to learner autonomy. www.britishcouncil.org

  10. Agency and autonomy • Another question • How would you now explain the relationship between agency and autonomy? www.britishcouncil.org

  11. The agency autonomy dynamic www.britishcouncil.org

  12. There´s no one word for intelligence in Irish www.britishcouncil.org

  13. Enter Multiple Intelligences theory (MI) • “An intelligence is the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that are valued within one or more cultural settings.” • Gardner H. introduction to Frames of Mind: Theory of multiple intelligences. Basic Press, 1993. www.britishcouncil.org

  14. Our learners are snowflakes. www.britishcouncil.org

  15. Social settings you say? www.britishcouncil.org

  16. Learning style, thinking style and MI www.britishcouncil.org

  17. The answers www.britishcouncil.org

  18. Learners and their unique MI profile www.britishcouncil.org

  19. MI as the learners Prerogative www.britishcouncil.org

  20. www.britishcouncil.org

  21. Put MI in their hands! • You won’t regret it! www.britishcouncil.org

  22. AU language lab • aulanguagelab.wordpress.com • aulanguagelab@gmail.com www.britishcouncil.org

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