ESL II - A whole new World

It is important to focus in the foundational principles that help to reach collective approach to language teaching According to Brown we have discovered a great deal about how to best teach a second language in the classroom so the teacher will decide the best technique to teach. These principles form the core of an approach to language teaching. COGNITIVE PRINCIPLES PRINCIPLE 1: AUTOMATICITY Children learn language without thinking about them, the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low-level details required, allowing it to become an automatic response pattern or habit.  PRINCIPLE 2: MEANINGFUL LEARNING It refers to a learning way where the new knowledge to acquire is related with previous knowledge. Meaningful learning “subsumes” new information into existing structures and memory systems, and the resulting associative links create stronger retention. PRINCIPLE 3: THE ANTICIPATION OF REWARD It’s the most powerful factor, human beings a

Planning lessons means the step for the teacher to manage and guide learning in the classroom in a more effective and organized way. For this, the teacher will take into account many aspects of this process. PRE-PLANNING Consider some factors like the language level of our students, their educational and cultural background, levels of motivation, learning styles. Activities: they will be grouped, we have a chance to balance the exercises in our lessons. Skills: we still need to plan exactly how students are going to work with the skill and what sub-skills we wish to practice. Language:  the students have to learn, practice, research or use the language. Content: good planner takes time to think about how students can best work with them. THE PLAN The kind of lesson we want to teach, we can make the lesson plan. The planning continuum The way that teachers plan lessons depends upon the circumstances in wich the lesson is to take place on the teacher’

Welcome to our group blog of ESL II course. We are students of Cantuta University (UNE) in the speciality of English - French. We hope that you'll enjoy our posts and share the experience about English Language Didactic.