Agregador: The Language Gym
Nº de artículos: 25
Blog en inglés de Gianfranco Conti, un experto en lingüística aplicada y adquisición de segundas lenguas, dirigido a profesores de lenguas. En él ofrece análisis y reflexiones basadas en la investigación sobre cómo se adquieren y enseñan los idiomas. Aborda metodologías, creencias docentes, evaluación y práctica en el aula, conectando teoría y experiencia para mejorar la enseñanza de lenguas.
Summary: This article outlines the 14 core staples of the Extensive Processing Instruction (EPI) approach, bridging cognitive science with what I call ’empathetic pedagogy’. It provides a research-validated roadmap for language teachers to move students from initial exposure to spontaneous fluency... Leer más
Here is the complete list of sessions I’ll be leading for the University of Bath’s Network For Learning this term. Note: This doesn’t include my (pretty hectic) international schedule for the Australia tour in May or the European tours running through June to September! Many of you have reached out... Leer más
Introduction Let’s start with a bit of honesty, because otherwise this becomes another polite CPD piece that changes nothing… do-now tasks are everywhere, they look good, they tick boxes but in many MFL classrooms they don’t actually move learning forward in any meaningful way… If that sounds a bit... Leer más
For the past decade or so, retrieval practice has enjoyed near-mythical status in education circles, often presented, somewhat uncriticallas y, a universal good: test more, retrieve more, and learning will automatically follow. And while the underlying principle is undoubtedly sound, recent... Leer más
Introduction Sentence builders—when used as carefully engineered, input-rich, reusable frames rather than mere substitution tables—offer a powerful convergence of cognitive and affective benefits; and, in my experience, when they are embedded within a coherent input→processing→production sequence... Leer más
Introduction If I had a pound for every time I’ve heard “you must stay in the target language 100% of the time”, I’d probably be writing this from a beach somewhere rather than my desk; and yet, in my experience, as appealing as such slogans may appear—succinct, emphatic, and seemingly grounded in... Leer más
Introduction Let me start with a slightly uncomfortable truth: in most classrooms, error is treated as something to minimise, avoid, or at best tolerate briefly before rushing to the “correct answer”. And yet, as I purport to show below, a growing body of research suggests something far more... Leer más
Introduction This guest post by Céline Courenq, Head of Languages at Patana International School in Bangkok, explores how one school moved away from “covering” content to achieving genuine sentence control through the Extensive Processing Instruction (EPI) framework. It is an essential read for any... Leer más
Introduction One of the most efficient ways to teach grammar explicitly, without overwhelming students with full paradigms or overloading working memory, is through a technique often referred in the literature as contrastive pairs. The technique is quite simple. First off, you present learners with... Leer más
Introduction I’ve lost count of how many times, over the years, I’ve seen colleagues — often intelligent, well-intentioned, committed teachers — get themselves tangled up in what is, in essence, one of the most persistent (and, if I’m honest, most sterile) debates in language education:... Leer más