Information Brief Motivating Young Quebecois Students to Learn English Jordie Struck November 29, 2021 Contact Us
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Sociocultural Theories: Analysis of Classroom Interactions Jordie Struck June 30, 2021 Introduction The following presents an analysis of a classroom interaction of a private online French second language (FSL) class, which focuses on how I interact with students as a teacher. The student, Anton*, immigrated to Québec approximately five years ago, he has an intermediate
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Cognitivism: Selection of Websites Jordie Struck June 7, 2021 Cummins: Interdependence of Language Website #1 In this article, Cummins (2009) argues that TESOL should clearly articulate their stance on bilingual education in second language education. The author explains how TESOL have aligned themselves with bilingual and multilingual second language groups but have yet to publicly
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Second Language Learning Theories Newsletter Jordie Struck Summer 2021 Behaviourism and Second Language Learning Cognitivism: Selection of Websites Sociocultural Theories: Analysis of Classroom Interactions Contact Us
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Behaviourism & Second Language Learning Jordie Struck May 18, 2021 The idea behind behaviourism is that behaviour is based on interaction, observation, and imitation. Humans interact with their environment (including other humans) and learn how to act through experience. These experiences develop into habits and behaviours (Demirezen, 1988). Behaviourism began in the beginning of the 20th
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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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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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