Assignment 3: Flipped Learning Teaching Unit Jordie Struck April 12, 2021 For my teaching unit, I chose to create a Flipped Learning (FL) unit for adult ESL learners. I chose to focus on this style of digital learning because I believe it to be the most beneficial and valuable to my current adult ESL students. […]
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6 Ways to Speed up Your Language Learning Joe Germinario April 6, 2021 What’s the fastest way to become fluent? It’s a question every language teacher has heard, and the answer is always the same: practice. Practice as much and as often as you can. The thing is, this doesn’t just mean taking classes as
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Mastering Proper Pronunciation in a Second Language Jordie Struck April 1, 2021 If you have ever learned a second language, I’m sure you’ve run into a new sound that was difficult to make. These moments can be either very frustrating or hilarious, depending on the context. Not all languages were based off of a singular
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Accept Your Challenges and Go Beyond Them Joe Germinario March 30, 2021 Experienced English students often reach a plateau, and the tendency is that they think they haven’t worked hard enough or practiced enough. But stagnation is not always from a lack of effort but may be due to underlying obstacles (language that has not
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How Mindfulness Helped Me Learn Another Language Joe Germinario March 23, 2021 We’ve all heard about Mindfulness and its benefits; it helps reduce stress, improve sleep and increase focus. But what exactly is it, and how can it help you learn a second language? Mindfulness in a Flash Mindfulness is the art of living in
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Three Digital Educational resources: Duolingo, FluentU, & Zoom Jordie Struck March 20, 2021 Introduction For my assignment on Digital Educational Resources, I have chosen to look at three tools that are directly related to my teaching English as a second language: Duolingo, FluentU, and Zoom. My reasons for choosing Duolingo and FluentU are that students
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The Language-Centered Method vs The Leaner-Centered Method Jordie Struck March 18, 2021 Over the last few decades many new methods or teaching techniques have emerged in English second language (ESL) teaching, and most of them have their origins in either the Language-Centered Method (or Audiolingual) of the Learner-Centered Method (LCM). Audiolingual came first and focused
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Making the Choice: The Path to Fluency Joe Germinario March 16, 2021 There are two ways to improve fluency: (a) immersing yourself in a language and (b) having a teacher or a bilingual friend guide and correct you. When I was living in Norway, where much of the population speaks English fluently, I thought it would be
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Keep Motivated & Share your Interests Joe Germinario March 9, 2021 Anyone who has tried to learn a second language for professional reasons knows that it takes focus, determination, and consistency. When you concentrate entirely on the language surrounding work, you will see direct results. But in my experience, being overly one-dimensional in that pursuit
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Blended Learning: An Introduction Jordie Struck March 4, 2021 My interest in Blended Learning (BL) has grown over the past two years as I have begun to use it in my professional English training courses, as well as its widespread application since the beginning of the Covid pandemic. My goal is to develop a BL
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