Language Learning - Is There a Value in That?

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There must be something that can be taken from this direct method. It's to repeat what i'm saying and do it automatically, and just maybe makbe a few sentence transformations process. Although language learning is a personal thing, there must be some value in getting around the personality of someone you're trying to learn about. I think there's some value to that, because sometimes those personal factors can block you - especially when it comes to being shy. But with this, it's kind of like, let's just tap straight, straight in, and just port the just go direct, inject into the into the brain.

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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