These ten guidelines will help you make communicative language teaching and learner-centered instruction part of your own instructional approach. Take your learners’ goals, interests, and existing knowledge seriously Provide appropriate input Use language in authentic ways Provide context and make cultural connections Design activities with a realistic purpose Encourage collaboration Use an integrated approach Address … Continue reading Ten Guidelines for Successful Teaching
Features of Successful Language Classes
In the spring of 1961, a team of language teachers and specialists undertook a qualitative assessment of language teaching around the United States. ...Team members visited 1,011 classes taught by 747 different teachers. ...It is interesting to examine the conclusions of [their] report, since they reflect on the timeless essence of good language teaching. Here … Continue reading Features of Successful Language Classes
Reading As Conversation
I think a novel is a kind of conversation. Both the writer and the reader bring their experience to the page.
The Essentials of Language Teaching 