Agregador: The Language Gym
Nº de artículos: 29
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.
Introduction There is a persistent tendency in language teaching to explain listening failure almost exclusively in linguistic terms: students struggle because they do not know enough vocabulary, because their grammar is weak, because they have not had enough exposure, because they are not applying... Leer más
Introduction There is a persistent tendency in language teaching to explain listening failure almost exclusively in linguistic terms: students struggle because they do not know enough vocabulary, because their grammar is weak, because they have not had enough exposure, because they are not applying... Leer más
Introduction In recent years, many language teachers have noticed a striking overlap between classrooms informed by Rosenshine’s principles and those shaped by Extensive Processing Instruction (EPI). Both frameworks look structured, purposeful, and highly interactive. Students are engaged, teachers... Leer más
Introduction When I work with schools to improve their students’ vocabulary retention rates, one thing I consistently notice when observing Do-Now tasks is that they often feel like isolated islands, narrowly focused on the unit at hand. A Do-Now task should instead recycle new/recent items... Leer más
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