LEARNING TO LEARN -

HOW TO FOSTER L2L IN THE ENGLISH CLASS

TALK with pupils about LEARNING.
LEARNING LANGUAGE: Activate, Outline, Overview, Teach, Discuss, Predict, Memorize, Check, Study, Mental work, Summarize, Report, Grade, Improve, Global Meaning…
Model the idea of : GOOD STUDENT.
ACTIVATE YOURSELF.
OPEN FOLDERS for new content. Have folder ACCESIBLE at any time.
ACCUMULATIVE learning (passed test ≠ licence to forget). Todo Entra. Unpredictable tests.
Learn through STUDY FIRST: books first.
Work MEMORY during class activities: checking activities, live textbook, interaction.
CELEBRATING LEARNING.
LEARNING QUESTIONS:
What can we do to learn this vocabulary? What have you done to learn this vocabulary? What are we going to learn in this unit? What have you learnt after unit 5? Do we need to do more activities to learn this? What is the best way to learn this vocabulary? How well did Juan & Toñi do the dialogue? How was the pronunciation? Was there fluency? Were they really expressive? What can they do to improve it?
Pay attention to the L2L SKILLS in modern TEXTBOOKS. But a L2L atmosphere is class culture.
LEARNING CLASS CULTURE: More than English we are teaching to learn English.
Let pupils TALK about their learning experiences and LISTEN carefully.
Let FUN, real learning is joyful. Aristotle said: There is no learning without laughter.
Seek PARENTS INVOLVEMENT. Learning is a community task. They must know their children are learning to learn.
Pupils from OBJECTS to AGENTS.
“Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, let me do and I understand.”
Learning TOOLS AT HAND: Dictionary, dictionary, dictionary, grammar charts, magazines, CDs, the Internet, etc and dictionary.
Keep YOUSELF LEARNING to learn.

The Future belongs to those who know how to learn