There is no scientific evidence, as of yet, that shows that people have specific, fixed learning styles or discrete intelligences, nor that students benefit when teachers target instruction to a specific learning style or intelligence. However, providing students with multiple ways to learn content has been shown to improve student learning (Hattie, 2011) According to the…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rx_ZJwZCo0?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] Dr Stephen Krashen (Expert in Second Language Acquisition Theory & Learning) Published on Sep 12, 2012 Bring Me A Book Institute Presents: “The Power of Reading: Language and Literacy Development in Bilingual Situations” Dr. Stephen Krashen Chinese International School September 8th 2012 Filmed and Edited by Nicholas Chiang (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
STUDY CHINESE EXPERIMENT (ongoing!) METHOD My Chinese study attempts include – at a “Beijing university”, several “private language schools”, self-taught, taught by my landlady, taught by a Chinese teacher friend, private 1-to-1 lessons and several language learning websites! Typical teaching methods that I have been exposed…
This BBC 3 series follows the journey of six new Teach First teachers as they understand what it means to be responsible for a classroom of young people. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6
What’s the difference between a language and a dialect? 语言和方言有什么区别？ （I love this photo! 我喜欢这张照片!)
你喜欢看书吗？你喜欢通过看书学习语言吗？试试这个网站：Chinese Reading Practice 在CRP， Kendra 给我们看了很多有意思的故事。初级，中级和高级都有。 我也建议你们看这个网站：Just Learn Chinese JLC是Grace的博客。她免费提供给我们很多不同的练习汉语的活动。 听力，写作，阅读和口语，什么都有！ The two links above are great, free resources for practising your Chinese reading skills and more!
A great resource of “teacher-less” activities for low level students.
A great video about a school in England that is successfully incorporating learning Mandarin into it’s curriculum. 在英国的学校学习汉语越来越受欢迎。请看这段视频。
Communicative Language Teaching CLT什么是？David Nunan (1991) 写了一个清单: 1。注重学习，通过互动在目标语言进行交流。 2。在学习状况引进作准文本 3。多给学习者机会了解学习过程本身。 4。学习者自身的亲身经历作为重要的促成因素，以课堂学习的增强 5。联系起来的尝试课堂语言学习与课堂外的语言活动
Based on the 10 questionnaires, my conclusions are as follows: – TCFL teacher training at universities and other private institutions focuses more on theory, than on practice. – These teachers have little opportunity for post-graduate professional development training – Availability of teaching resources and materials is very limited – Limited awareness of different language teaching and learning styles…