Teacher A said to teacher B, “A non-native teacher of English should identify with that language, as much as possible, as if he was a native speaker - but without a double personality: you're you yourself. H. D. Brown and others have said one good thing is to imitate a native speaker. With practice it’s more and more simple.” / Photo from: ...

Teacher A said to teacher B, “Something sound is making real communication in English in classes.  Don’t worry for you may think the students won’t understand. It matters little. Something, just necessary, is massive listening to, before speaking.  What I mean here is for you, teacher of English, to speak all the time or nearly all the time of ...

 One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “You can advise your students to read something in English for some time, for long if possible, right before an oral exam. This reading prepares the candidates to have more resources to express their ideas in the target language. The candidates arrive at the examination venue as one who ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “When we communicate with one another we do it by using the four skills of a language: listening, speaking, reading and writing. So it is sensible you make your students practice those four skills. Your students will be gaining experience by using them. Our students don’t only read and ...

Here the text by H. D. Brown continues. The first part is on post #834. The reason for this apparent contradiction is that IQ tests measure very specific verbal, mathematical, and logical abilities. Language learning requires other forms of intelligence, such as: -         interpersonal communication ability (for perceiving and understanding ...

Three days ago I received a comment from German English translator, which is the following text. The comment was on post 778. Learning a language and having fun. “This suggests that the likelihood that we will achieve close to native-like pronunciation if we take up a language after childhood, varies from person to person, no matter how hard ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “In these years of my career as a teacher of English I’ve been creating a scheme that has happened to crystallize. This general scheme is: I try to teach and lead the learners’ process in the following sequence: first, learners respond with words; then, they say sentences – and ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “Active listening: when the students listen to you as explaining in English how to carry out an exercise from the text book or a game, they are actively listening to you, not simply hearing something. For example this active listening can take place when you (or a student) present, ...

I published the following post on a former blog of mine. It was composed on October 31, 2007. I have changed some words and expressions. This post may show some insight of the learner. I’ve left some peculiar style, on purpose. The teacher will try to promote in his/her student the attitude to learn vocabulary, by talking with him or her, so that ...

Ayer leí lo siguiente que te puede hacer pensar: La vitalidad del mundo educativo es siempre un signo de esperanza. Su ágil capacidad de reacción ante los hechos que puedan afectar su encomiable tarea honra a este gran número de profesionales. Padres y profesores son los coprotagonistas del complicado viaje de aprendizaje, en el que sus hijos y ...