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[caption id="attachment_2346" align="alignnone" width="700"] The Motivation Equation[/caption] When you give free classes in the park, running into motivational issues is par for the course. Some kids come once,…
Read article[caption id="attachment_2332" align="alignnone" width="612"] Spaced Repetition Worksheet[/caption] This is the guided notes worksheet we will be using in class Monday to start to teach about spaced repetition,…
Read article"Knowing a language rule does not mean one will be able to use it in communicative interactions." (Brown 2000) "Conscious learning can only be used as a…
Read articleFlip open any foreign language textbook and what are you most likely to find? Units grouped by themes. The idea is to learn vocabulary based on different groups…
Read articleWhen we think of school, we think of an incubator of sorts. Drop your offspring off. Wait x years. Out pops an adult. Growth/education happens, perhaps with some…
Read article[caption id="attachment_2074" align="alignnone" width="571"] Acquisition vs. Learning Comic[/caption] So there is good reason to believe that there exists a natural order to grammar in languages. And Krashen extends…
Read article[caption id="attachment_2041" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Source: Storyboardthat.com[/caption] An immersive experience in a country that speaks a language foreign to you - is the closest you get to being a…
Read articleThis blog post covers two methods of The ACA Method: Ear (Aural) Training - Minimal Pairs Immediate Feedback How can an adult language learner expect to produce the…
Read articleWhy is learning a language seemingly so hard? We've all already done it once, and when we were mere children with much smaller brains...so what gives? In this…
Read article"If you read a piece of text through twenty times, you will not learn it by heart so easily as if you read it ten times while attempting…
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