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hallo!
Can or not?
Please off the road.
Me English goodly speak.
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The progress of language learning
(pupils Year 1 to Form 5 – 10 years)
The progress of language acquisition
(babies to infants 0 to 3 years)
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I don’t want to go.
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2+ years
The progress of language acquisition
(babies to infants 0 to 3 years)
ooo.. eee…
aaahh
mmm…
bbbb…
ggg…
me
mum
dinna’
me go
feed me
not go
I don’t want to go.
3 months
6 months
9 months
1 year
2+ years
The progress of language acquisition
(babies to infants 0 to 3 years)
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Learning a language is like building a new building, with the words being the bricks…
… whilst grammar is the cement that holds the words together
But the building is not very stable as it lacks an important part of its structure…
… the building has no foundation. And the foundation of any language is…
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In any building the foundation is completed prior to any bricks being laid
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the current method of teaching is to teach vocabulary and grammar before the pupils master listening and speaking.
We need to start and get things in the right order.
Learning language is like taking money from a bank.
You cannot take any money out unless you have some money in there in the first place.
But if you have built up a large amount of savings,
you can draw on this money and take it out.
Why do teachers teach the way they teach?
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Speaking
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Language is a totally separate part of the brain which is not directly related to our logical thinking.
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emotions
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When we learn language in the traditional way then we use the logic part of our brain
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emotions
language
language
But we don’t have a switch where we can move from one to the other
Question:
How can we effectively use the language part of our brain?
Answer:
By using both the logic and language together.
based
learning