the 10 commandments of language teaching
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The 10 Commandments Of Language Teaching. H.D.Brown. LEARNER'S VERSION * Go with your hunches * Dive in * Get the BIG picture * Believe in yourself * Fear not! * Love thy neighbor * Seize the day * Cope with the chaos * Set your own goals *M istakes help us. TEACHER'S VERSION - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The 10 Commandments
OfLanguage Teaching
H.D.Brown
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LEARNER'S VERSION
*Go with your hunches*Dive in
*Get the BIG picture*Believe in yourself
*Fear not!*Love thy neighbor
*Seize the day*Cope with the
chaos*Set your own goals*Mistakes help us
TEACHER'S VERSION
I. Lower inhibitions2. Encourage risk-
taking3. Build self-confidence
4. Develop intrinsic motivation.5. Engage in
cooperative learning6. Use right-brain
processes7. Promote ambiguity
tolerance8. Practice intuition
9. Process error feedback
10.Set personal goals
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CAN YOU MATCH THE TEACHER’S
COMMANDMENT WITH THE LEARNER’S
COMMANDMENT?
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself1. LOWER
INHIBITIONS
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself2. ENCOURAGE
RISK TAKING.
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself3. BUILD
SELF-CONFIDENCE
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself4. DEVELOP
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself5. ENGAGE IN
COOPERATIVE LEARNING
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself6. USE RIGHT
BRAIN PROCESSES
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself7. PROMOTE
AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself8. PRACTICE
INTUITION
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself9. PROCESS ERROR
FEEDBACK.
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself10. SET PERSONAL
GOALS!
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*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in
*Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day
*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals
*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
1. Lower inhibitions
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LEARNER'S VERSION
*Fear not!*Dive in
*Believe in yourself*Seize the day
*Love thy neighbor*Get the BIG picture
*Cope with the chaos
*Go with your hunches
*Mistakes help us.
*Set your own goals
TEACHER'S VERSION
I. Lower inhibitions2. Encourage risk-
taking3. Build self-confidence
4. Develop intrinsic motivation.5. Engage in
cooperative learning6. Use right-brain
processes7. Promote ambiguity
tolerance8. Practice intuition
9. Process error feedback
10.Set personal goals
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The Future’s Predicate
(process over product)
Know less to
understand more!
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Pascal’s Teaching Gambit
We don’t know what the END is. So we should enjoy the process. Teach students to be happy and you will be too!
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References
H.D. Brown, (2000) 'Principles of Language Learning and Teaching‘, New York; Longman
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