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1. From the field.
2. This weeks Jobs.
3. Recommended Reading.
4. Archived Articles, News and Views.
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1. From the Field
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Commenting on H.D.
Browns Maxims of Teaching
Methodology
- by Louisa Buckingham
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This is an inventory
of maxims that was put together by a
classic writer on teaching methodology, H. D. Brown, based
on extensive research on what successful language learners
actually do. Being aware of strategies that effective
language learners tend to practise can help us shape our
lessons and interact with our students in a manner that
enhances their success. I would like to briefly comment on
the fourteen observations with the aim of both
contextualising them and offering a concrete example of what
they would look like in the language classroom.
GOOD LANGUAGE
LEARNERS... (H.D. Brown)
1. Find their own
way, taking charge of their own learning
We are talking here
about student autonomy and student-
centred learning. The teacher serves as a resource, among
many other possible resources, that can assist students in
the learning process. However, an effective learner is also
able to exploit a variety of other situations, materials,
and people that can contribute to her learning process. The
teacher can help to raise students' awareness of these other
resources and to indicate how they may be used for
independent learning.
2. Organise information
about language
Effective language
learners avoid losing themselves in the
infinite detail and frustrating ambiguity that a foreign
language often presents. Knowing how 'organise' language in
terms of form or structure, the meaning expressed, and
typical environments of use is a valuable skill.
3. Are creative,
developing a 'feel' for the language by
experimenting with its grammar and words
Language learning
is a constant process of trial - error-
success. Effective learners are likely to be fast to try out
knowledge they may have only partially acquired, as it is
only by trial, that is, experimentation, that they are able
to attain a deeper level of understanding or proficiency.
And an experimenter never expects to meet complete success
at her first attempt!
4. Make their own
opportunities for practice in using the
language inside and outside the classroom
An effective language
learner does not stop practising on
leaving the classroom. What ideas of ways to practise beyond
the walls of the classroom can we suggest to our students?
5. Learn to live
with uncertainly by not getting flustered
and by continuing to talk or listen without understanding
every word
Effective language
learners are tolerant of ambiguity, and
live comfortably in a world in which not everything is
entirely clear, and in which they may not be able as
linguistically dexterous as they may wish to be.
6. Use mnemonics
and other memory strategies to recall what
has been learnt
There are many tricks
we can exploit to help us remember the
pronunciation of certain words, spelling, or the form of
language structures. How they sound may remind us of another
word, perhaps in another language, and patterns may be found
in the spelling or target structures. It may even be non
language-related mnemonics that serve us: the connection
between a word and a face, event, or image. How do you think
you can help your learners create associations between
words, words and sounds, words and images?
7. Make errors work
for them and not against them
Errors, mistakes,
or slips: they all can be used to sharpen
our awareness and understanding of the known and the new.
Rather than treating them as a quagmire one would rather
circumvent or bulldoze, pick your way selectively through
errors as a teacher, and contemplate them constructively as
a learner.
8. Use linguistic
knowledge, including knowledge of their
first language in learning a second language.
All learners arrive
at the classroom with a wealth of
knowledge, whether conscious or unconscious, of how language
functions. Many of our learners are likely to be
multilingual. Rather than ignore it, how can we incorporate
this into our lessons? How can our lessons benefit, and how
can we help our students benefit? Having said this, we also
need to be aware of learners that arrive at our classroom
with very low levels of literacy in their mother tongue. How
might this influence the way they learn English? What
challenges would this pose to the teacher?
9. Use contextual
clues to help them in comprehension
10. Learn to make intelligent guesses
Knowing 'how to learn' involves knowing how to deal with the
unknown, or the unclear. An automatic translator (whether
electronic or flesh and blood) will not help us greatly to
develop this capacity. How can the teacher help students
become aware of the wealth of information (semantic,
syntactic, or contextual) present in texts or even isolated
words that can aid comprehension. Being able to guess, to
deduce the intended meaning from the information at hand is
an invaluable skill.
11. Learn chunks
of language and formalised routines to help
them perform beyond their competence
Language does not
divide neatly into single lexemes, neither
do we use or store language in our mind in this manner.
Rather, language comprises groupings of words, chunks,
linked by semantic relationships and fraternity. Some words
simply sound 'good' together, have that 'natural' ring to
them when we use them together; such words 'collocate'.
Other words form phrases that we would never dream of
dividing, they are idiomatic. There are numerous forms of
relationships that link words. Consequently, it would seem
logical to present and learn words as chunks of meaningful
language. Can you think of certain phrases, expressions, or
word combinations that would make sense to teach as chunks?
12. Learn certain
tricks that help to keep conversations
going
13. Learn certain production strategies to fill in gaps in
their own competence
Neither in our mother
tongue nor in any foreign language we
might know do we always know the right word or expression to
serve our immediate needs. What do you do in your mother
tongue when you cannot find the right word, when the word is
on the tip of your tongue, or when you simply do not know
the correct term? Imagine how much more often you will be
confronted with this quandary as a leaner. How can you help
your learners acquire certain techniques to cope with
potential communication breakdowns? Conversation strategies
are not so very different. As a learner, one usually wants a
compliant conversational partner, ready to provide us with
plenty of practice opportunities. Think of specific
strategies you use in your own language to encourage someone
to continue talking. How could you build these strategies
into fluency activities?
14. Learn different
styles of speech and writing and learn
to vary their language according to the formality of the
situation
How we speak depends
on to whom we speak, and where and when
the exchange takes place. In addition, the language we use
in spoken communication will vary greatly from written
communication. Our sociolinguistic knowledge is part of
being 'literate' and 'competent' in our mother tongue. How
can we help our learners become situationally 'literate' in
English? You will find that the modern textbooks you use
expose learners to a broad variety of speakers and text
types. In class, find opportunities to raise awareness of
linguistic forms that are typical for particular situations,
contexts, or speakers.
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Louisa Buckingham,
a New Zealander, teaches ELT Methodology,
Phonetics and Phonology, and Academic Writing at the
University of Tuzla, Bosnia. She works as a freelancer for
the School for International Trainer as a freelancer on
TESOL Certificate courses.
To learn more about SIT
and TESOL Certification
opportunities in Poland visit:
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2. This weeks Jobs.
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Jobs in Europe
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Jobs
in North America
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Teaching
in Mexico
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Jobs in Korea
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Great
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Jobs in Asia
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3. Recommended Reading.
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Each of the books below represents the best that ESL
Employment has come across in various areas -- everything
from useful classroom activities, to reference materials, to
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The
More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook: Esl for Every
Classroom Teacher
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The
Esl Teacher's Book of Lists
http://www.eslemployment.com/mr/books/book_list.htm
Kids
Come in All Languages: Reading Instruction for Esl
Students
http://www.eslemployment.com/mr/books/kids_come_all.htm
Esl
Teacher's Book of Instant Word Games: For Grades 7-12
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The
Grammar Book: an ESL/EFL Teacher's Course
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4. Archived Articles, News and Views
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Recruiting
and Training ESL Teachers - Philip McAlary
It is increasingly
difficult to find qualified ESL teachers
now more then ever before. As little as 8 years ago, many
schools overseas were willing to take North American English
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certification...
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TEFL Teacher's Winter Tales - Danielle Fodor
Ah, turkey day.
Time to stuff your face endlessly until the
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Steps to Clearer Instructions - by Jaimie Scanlon
Making instructions
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situations...
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