I did the demo lesson from theroseettastone program. It was made to learn other languages in dynamic immersed environment. They show images and words together so I can match the pictures and the words together. The images are all about real life so I can understand the meaning of the words immediately even though I’ve never heard that language before. And I can hear native pronunciation so it makes me easy to follow the pronunciation.
It’s good thing that I can understand the meaning of the words without direct translation with my first language. And as level goes up words became sentences but there are patterns so it’s not too difficult to catch up. I can say the instruction is well organized for learners.
I can use some ideas from this site to my class. When I teach some new vocabulary I can show some real life images with words so they can ‘acquire’ the meaning of words without direct explanation or translation. I think the most important thing in English class is immersion environment, real situation. Make the students interested in target language, motivate them to ‘use’ the target language, not ‘learning’ or ‘studying’.
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