by Mary Steinford
Bored students that get fed up with learning words and rules — the nightmare that makes any teacher’s blood run cold. On the other hand, everyone had that one professor in college with such a monotonous voice that it made for the best lullaby.
Of course, when faced with this kind of disincentive, every student will consider studying to be boring and worthless, especially when professional writers can write papers for you in any language and meeting any deadline without.
But there is a myth that fun and interesting learning exists, and we’ve decided to confirm it! First thing first, let’s determine the problems that students and teachers face in the study process.
Most of these issues probably sound relatable to everyone who was a teacher or a student. That is why we want to present you Top 7 jaw-dropping methods to teach a language!
Smartphone users might have heard about the Dual N-Back app for IOS and Android. But it is not just an application or game — it is a special scientific technique for memory improving. Because the first thing you need for learning language is good and effective memory.
The point of the game is to memorize letters or the location of the squares for a few steps and react when they repeat. Apart from the smartphone application, you can access this game on the website as well. Offer your students to try this technique for best results.
In the “True Identity” movie, Miles Pope changes his identity to escape from mafia killers. You can use this tactic for language learning as well.
Ask your students to choose a name from the language they are learning and let them create a new biography, hobbies, and habits for this character. You can join them and try to play your own role for a few lessons. This method will help to get rid of shyness and push the students to speak naturally.
Some lessons are better learned in a special atmosphere. For example, if the topic of your lesson is nature, go to the park with your students. If you have a class about food, choose a restaurant to go to together. The lesson about art will get much more fascinating if held in a gallery.
It will make the study process more exciting and memorable, and your students will definitely like it!
The method of total physical response was developed by James Asher, an American psychology professor. This method is based on the process of natural cognition when the person only listens to a foreign language, without participating in discussions and verbally answering questions.
This method of passive learning is useful in finding out how to react spontaneously to the processes occurring around. You can suggest this method as an additional one when the student is in a native environment.
The social media world is a great opportunity to learn not only language but slang as well. It will help your students understand native speakers, movies, or TV shows better because people use a lot of jargon on Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Also, you can create a community for your students to share news or even memes. This way, you will create a relaxed and trust atmosphere.
If your students like computer games, don't hesitate and join them in the League of Legends or Call of Duty. This isn’t a joke! It is actually one of the effective ways to improve language skills.
There are special games for language learning, but the main benefit of games is the opportunity to communicate with native speakers, albeit in a heated atmosphere of a mid-battle chat.
In the center of this technique is the concept of emotional memory. A scientist believes that humans remember the lion’s share of the information thanks to the emotional memory.
You can plan a “drawing language” lesson. All you need is to take a sketchbook and draw something. Then, indicate the object you’ve drawn with a word written near the picture. And bear in mind that your art skills do not matter here. More so — the funnier the picture, the bigger is the chance that the students will memorize it. Just express your feelings!
Let's sum up! There are a lot of innovative methods to help you learn the language, but it depends on the teacher as to how creative and exciting the studying process will become. So don't be rigorous and have some fun with your students because it will bring you joy and good results!
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