What Does It Mean to Learn a Language?

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'You're by passing their brain. You're just getting them to like, pab pablonian response to everything,' he says. 'If it was true that the further and furthest north in europe you got, then the colder and colder it got them, it would also be true - i can't even do it myself' He adds: 'I guess also, you're asked, weneed, to ask the question, like, what does it mean to learn a language?'

768. English Teaching Methodologies (with Gabriel Clark)

Gabriel Clark from clarkandmiller.com joins me to discuss a short history of teaching methodology in the world of TEFL. The direct method, the grammar translation method, The Audio Lingual Method, the Structural Approach, Suggestopedia, Total Physical Response, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), The Silent Way, Community Language Learning, Task Based Language Learning, The Lexical Approach and dogme style - all these get described and discussed. Learn how English teachers teach you English!

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