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The 10 Commandments Of Language Teaching

LEARNER'S VERSION*Go with your hunches*Dive in*Get the BIG picture*Believe in yourself*Fear not!*Love thy neighbor*Seize the day*Cope with the chaos*Set your own goals*Mistakes help us : 

LEARNER'S VERSION*Go with your hunches*Dive in*Get the BIG picture*Believe in yourself*Fear not!*Love thy neighbor*Seize the day*Cope with the chaos*Set your own goals*Mistakes help us TEACHER'S VERSION I. Lower inhibitions2. Encourage risk-taking3. Build self-confidence4. Develop intrinsic motivation.5. Engage in cooperative learning6. Use right-brain processes7. Promote ambiguity tolerance8. Practice intuition9. Process error feedback10.Set personal goals

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CAN YOU MATCH THE TEACHER’S COMMANDMENT WITH THE LEARNER’S COMMANDMENT?

1. LOWER INHIBITIONS : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 1. LOWER INHIBITIONS FEAR NOT!

2. ENCOURAGE RISK TAKING. : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 2. ENCOURAGE RISK TAKING. DIVE IN!

3. BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 3. BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!

4. DEVELOP INTRINSIC MOTIVATION : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 4. DEVELOP INTRINSIC MOTIVATION SEIZE THE DAY!

5. ENGAGE IN COOPERATIVE LEARNING : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 5. ENGAGE IN COOPERATIVE LEARNING LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR!

6. USE RIGHT BRAIN PROCESSES : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 6. USE RIGHT BRAIN PROCESSES GET THE BIG PICTURE!

7. PROMOTE AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 7. PROMOTE AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE COPE WITH THE CHAOS!

8. PRACTICE INTUITION : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 8. PRACTICE INTUITION GO WITH YOUR HUNCHES!

9. PROCESS ERROR FEEDBACK. : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 9. PROCESS ERROR FEEDBACK. MISTAKES HELP US!

10. SET PERSONAL GOALS! : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 10. SET PERSONAL GOALS! SET YOUR OWN GOALS!

1. Lower inhibitions : 

*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day*Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals*Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself 1. Lower inhibitions FEAR NOT!

LEARNER'S VERSION*Fear not!*Dive in*Believe in yourself*Seize the day*Love thy neighbor*Get the BIG picture*Cope with the chaos*Go with your hunches*Mistakes help us.*Set your own goals : 

LEARNER'S VERSION*Fear not!*Dive in*Believe in yourself*Seize the day*Love thy neighbor*Get the BIG picture*Cope with the chaos*Go with your hunches*Mistakes help us.*Set your own goals TEACHER'S VERSION I. Lower inhibitions2. Encourage risk-taking3. Build self-confidence4. Develop intrinsic motivation.5. Engage in cooperative learning6. Use right-brain processes7. Promote ambiguity tolerance8. Practice intuition9. Process error feedback10.Set personal goals

The Future’s Predicate : 

The Future’s Predicate (process over product) Know less to understand more!

Pascal’s Teaching Gambit : 

Pascal’s Teaching Gambit We don’t know what the END is. So we should enjoy the process. Teach students to be happy and you will be too!

References : 

References H.D. Brown, (2000) 'Principles of Language Learning and Teaching‘, New York; Longman

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