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Innovative Teaching Approaches in Adult Language Learning

Dive into humanistic approaches and non-formal education techniques in language learning for adult migrants. Explore the positive side of errors and discover effective teaching methods. Watch the video, complete the quiz, and get ready to enhance your language teaching skills!

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Innovative Teaching Approaches in Adult Language Learning

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  1. Guerilla Literacy Learners In-service Course Faculty of Education, Palacký University in Olomouc Czech Republic, 10th - 16th of April 2016

  2. Susan explores the worldUnit 1.2 (Carolina Purificati – Alessandra Smerilli)10’ Exploring humanistic approaches and non formal education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQgM4EapYEY Watch it and get ready for the quiz!

  3. Let’s make the quizwork in pairs5’

  4. Let’s make a focus: Can you state one feature of the humanistic approaches described in the video?

  5. Some features:5’ Autobiographical approach Learning by doing Cooperative learning VS competitive learning Observation and listening learner-centred teaching Help me to do it myself “Learning by body” Education as building relations Mistake = experimentation Active and personalised learning Teacher searching and researching Experiential workshop Environment tailored around the learner’s need

  6. Language Learning: Adult migrant – case study

  7. Language Learning: Adult migrant – case study 5’ • Low literacy level • Irregular attendance • Low metalinguistic awareness • No vehicular languages • Vulnerable and disoriented people • Lack of motivation • Second language or Foreign language?

  8. Experiencing Guerrilla Literacy Learning Do you know the etymology of the word “ERROR”? Error contains a positive meaning: travel, divert, wander. All actions concerned with research, curiosity and adventure. Essential attitudes in learning a new language. It comes from the Latin and means derailment, from the verb errare: meander, wander Therefore “error” does not mean: ZERO IN THE REPORT CARD IT’S WRONG! DELETE! PUNISHMENT RED PEN

  9. Experiencing Guerrilla Literacy Learning … BUT HOW? Some approachestomistakes: • create a positive environment • suspension of judgment • share autobiographical events linked to language • learning and error-making • the teacher makes mistakes, too • detecting mistakes as a class research • mistakes are opportunities

  10. Experiencing Guerrilla Literacy Learning … BUT HOW? Some tecniques: • self-evaluation • peer-correction • collective correction • feedback on communicative tasks • feedback on grammar • starting from student’s language • knowledge clips

  11. Experiencing Guerrilla Literacy Learning … Some examples!

  12. Give us a feedback  Have you discovered something new or something you would like to see closer?

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