Когда учитель возвращается, ученика в классе уже нет, вся доска исписана словом “пошёл”, а в конце написано: “Я уже написал четыреста раз “пошёл” и пошол домой”.
Si conoces muchas palabras y frases en un idioma, y si has leído e escuchado mucho, con mucho placer, la gramática ya no seria gran problema. Este fue verdad para mi por idiomas como alemán y ruso, y por idiomas como chino e japones. Pero, de vez en cuando vale la pena de mirar un pequeño libro de gramática, pero solo un libro pequeño, y sin la intención de recordarse de cualquier pormenor. Este es solo para ayudar a darte cuenta de ciertas cosas que ya sabes naturalmente. La gramática no debe ser el punto de concentración del estudio de idiomas. De todas maneras vas a cometer errores.
Here are some recent remarks from teachers on the role of the classroom versus e-learning. I have added my own questions and comments.
Students are all poor. “Not all students can afford iPods or computers.”
The report I quoted earlier clearly showed that even adult literacy learners do use the computer. I wonder if, on average, the students are not more familiar with technology than the teacher.
Students are all timid. “Most learners lack confidence. The classroom is a place where they can speak without fear”.
But where does the fear come from? Is it the fear to get things wrong. Perhaps our traditional “teach and test” approach to learning has given them that fear, or at least aggravated it. What if the task of teachers, as educators, were to explain that mistakes are normal, given that the brain is not an obedient dog that will perform on command? Can we get learners to think of mistakes as good things, or at least as a necessary part of learning, even if mistakes persist for quite a while?
Students have no drive. “Learners lack the initiative or discipline to learn on their own.” “Many of my ESL students are not yet ready to embrace distance learning.”
Do teachers sometimes encourage this dependence? What if the task of the teacher were to make the learner independent, nothing else?
Students need to be told when to learn.”The classroom is a setting in which there is an intention to learn.”
Do we learn only when we intend to learn? Can we only learn when we are consciously trying to learn?
The classroom is a noble place, away from the crass world of business. “The claim that classroom settings are artificial settings represents, from my perspective, an entirely meaningless and baffling proposition. We might as well close down all schools. Personally, if I had to choose, I’d rather close down all shopping malls and offices.”
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But I discovered that I am a lousy breast stroke swimmer. Everyone goes faster than me, or just about. I was thinking about asking one of the swim instructors at the Community Centre to give me a lesson in the breast stroke. But then I looked the breast stroke up on youtube. I found all kinds of excellent videos which have been viewed by 500,000 people or so.
I looked at a few, and now I know that both my upper body and lower body movements were wrong. I can’t wait to get back to the pool to try out my new swimming technique. I want to beat the 80 year old woman who leaves me in her wake. (just joking)
From the article:
“The push to install technology-rich language labs is growing, so much so in some places that parent fundraising organizations are making it the focus of their efforts. Educators who use the labs say that they allow students to spend significantly more time doing language-practice exercises, such as hearing themselves speak.”
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