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Giving our students Giving our students tools to learntools to learn
David GrayDavid Gray
Barcelona, March 2009Barcelona, March 2009
Task 1Task 1
Think of a foreign language you have Think of a foreign language you have learned / are learning. Make a list of some learned / are learning. Make a list of some techniques you used or are using to do the techniques you used or are using to do the following:following:
Learn new vocabularyLearn new vocabulary Improve your speakingImprove your speaking Improve your listeningImprove your listening Revise for examsRevise for exams
Learning stylesLearning styles
AuditiveAuditive VisualVisual Kinaesthetic/physicalKinaesthetic/physical Analytical/logicalAnalytical/logical
InterpersonalInterpersonal IntrapersonalIntrapersonal
Five provocations (?)Five provocations (?)
As teachers, we are good language As teachers, we are good language learners.learners.
We have usually learned in an intuitive We have usually learned in an intuitive way.way.
We often assume that our learners can do We often assume that our learners can do the same.the same.
This is not necessarily true!This is not necessarily true! We can help by focussing explicitly on We can help by focussing explicitly on
techniques and strategies for learning, techniques and strategies for learning, communicating (and doing exams).communicating (and doing exams).
Areas of awarenessAreas of awareness
Study habitsStudy habits My expectationsMy expectations English and meEnglish and me Learning to speakLearning to speak Learning to listenLearning to listen Learning to readLearning to read Learning to write Learning to write Exam techniquesExam techniques
(1) Study habits(1) Study habits
Ways to record vocabularyWays to record vocabulary
Ways to remember vocabularyWays to remember vocabulary
Ways to record grammarWays to record grammar
Ways to reviseWays to revise
(2) My expectations(2) My expectations
Mark the statements. Mark the statements.
1 = Agree totally 2 = More or less agree 3 = Don’t 1 = Agree totally 2 = More or less agree 3 = Don’t agreeagree
I will be able to speak English fluently when I leave I will be able to speak English fluently when I leave school.school.
I expect to do exams.I expect to do exams.
I expect English classes to be fun.I expect English classes to be fun.
It’s the teacher’s fault if I don’t learn.It’s the teacher’s fault if I don’t learn.
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(3) English and me(3) English and me
English words in my everyday lifeEnglish words in my everyday life English-speaking people I like / don’t English-speaking people I like / don’t
likelike Interesting jobs and EnglishInteresting jobs and English English and my languageEnglish and my language
- Words with different / multiple - Words with different / multiple meanings (eg meanings (eg constipado, holeconstipado, hole))
- Similarities and differences- Similarities and differences
Skills developmentSkills development
Learning techniques, yesLearning techniques, yes Awareness-raising exercises, yesAwareness-raising exercises, yes
But also…But also…
Communication strategiesCommunication strategies
Speaking (interaction)
Speaking (production)
Listening Writing
• Saying you don’t understand• Asking a person to repeat• Showing interest• Interrupting politely• Checking if another person understands
• Apologising for feeling nervous• Saying what you are going to talk about • Using linkers• Stressing content words
• Predicting• Listening for gist• Listening for specific information• Identifying a speaker’s mood
• Brainstorming ideas• Organising ideas into paragraphs• Checking the first draft• Writing a final draft
So, where have we been?So, where have we been?
It’s easy to make overly optimistic It’s easy to make overly optimistic assumptions about our studentsassumptions about our students
We can give them tools to help them We can give them tools to help them learnlearn
Some areas we can usefully helpSome areas we can usefully help Some ways to do thisSome ways to do this Techniques, awareness, Techniques, awareness,
communication strategiescommunication strategies Exam strategiesExam strategies
Thank you very much!!Thank you very much!!