Sunday, September 20, 2009
Being a good language teacher
Yesterday I made a video response to Steven Kaufman's video regarding being a good language teacher. I thought it was a great topic to talk about. Being a good language teacher takes a special kind of skill that one will have developed after gaining experience studying a language independantly. During this process one will be able to learn what it takes to effectively learn a language when motivated. This is something that can't be taught in school because they go about teaching foreign languages in a different way. The only way one can obtain this type of skill is through serious independant language study. I think this is why I'm able to teach a language to an individual effectively and at the same time, make them very motivated to learn the language. I never thought I would someday help, show others how to learn languages effectively; especially learning the language independantly. This is something anyone can do as long as they are doing it the right way.
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3 comments:
Wow Moses, you have a blogspot account as well? I like going to your youtube channel because it gives me ideas for keeping up study in my languages. Because of your channel, I am going to go rounds in Spanish after the JLPT. I was depressed for awhile that I had to teach myself everything (due to the fact I graduated college), but I am actually finding it in some ways more rewarding because you can study what you want, at your own pace.
Like they say in Japanese: 井の中の蛙、大海を知らず。（いのなかのからず、たいかいをしらず）
Moses,
Your videos are SO inspirational. Please keep up the good work and know you have fans around the world. You are helping and motivating more people than you realize!
Christine
I have to update my blog!
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