macmillan online conference 2013 stop, think, learn dave tucker (international house santa clara,...
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Macmillan Online Conference 2013
Stop, think, learnDave Tucker
(International House Santa Clara, Portugal)
A. 1-3 hours / week
B. 4-6 hours / week
C. 7+ hours / week
How many hours per week with primary-age classes?
Learn• Language housed in
new, interesting contexts
• Encourages background learning
• Fosters sense of achievement
“Success is a function of
persistence
and doggedness and the willingness to
work hard for twenty-two minutes to make
sense of something that most people
would give up on after thirty seconds.”Malcolm Gladwell – Outliers: The Story of Success (2008)
Encouraging persistence
• The stimulus of learning something new
• The approval and recognition of the T
Encouraging persistence
• The stimulus of learning something new
• The approval and recognition of the T
• Fun, movement, competition
What has just happened in this classroom?
What do you think will happen next?
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/gaza-education-law-gender-segregation.html# - photo by Reuters/Mohammed Salem