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Acknowledgment and the Concept

First issue Lingua W

Dear Teachers and Parents!

First of all we would like to thank for the contributors! Don’t hesitate to send us further articles, ideas, methodology topics, photos, interviews, experiences etc. in the language you teach.

We hope that the enthusiasm

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Why do We Like Reading?

(Excerpt form the book Open Secrets of Polyglots)

I suppose you like reading. Otherwise you wouldn’t have started reading this book. But have you ever put the question to yourself – why do you like reading?

You may come to different answers than the following but I think it is important to think a bit […]

Materials to use in classes

Play-acting in class: (We permanently load this up, please send us your materials you use and can recommend to the other English teachers)

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class 4 : King Beetle Tamer class 5: The Fall of Troy class 6-7: Dick Whittington class 7 : King Arthur

Just added:

For class 1, Class 2

And here […]

Дорогие русскоязычные коллеги!- How we learn the alphabet in class 3

Тут должна быть какая-то пояснительная записка на русском языке, но мне как-то странно писать дословный перевод для учителей иностранного языка. Напишу так: если у вас нет тряпичной куклы по имени Хоч-Поч со специальной книжечкой-приложением (как делать забавную азбуку) — можно сшить. Так поступила одна моя третьеклассница, сшив мисс Хоч-Поч с такими же пластичными и длинными […]

Обучая русскому алфавиту

Обучая русскому алфавиту, мы начинаем с ознакомления с буквами и соответствующим им звуками. Некоторые русские буквы выглядят как английские, некоторые имеют те же звуки, что и английские. Мы начинаем с таких букв в первую очередь, а затем учим буквы, которые являются исключительно русскими по написанию и произношению. Как только студенты чувствуют себя уверенно, мы начинаем […]

Teaching the little ones- how we acquire languages

Teaching young children is one of the greatest possibilities to get rare insights into how language is being acquired, and sometimes into how language itself is being created. Experience mimicking and synchrony!

Sixteen years ago I had a busy and exciting summer. I was preparing for teaching English and Spanish to primary classes at a […]

Teaching Foreign Languages in Blocks

Mimicking the teacher at Waldorf Steiner school English lesson

I have always thought that the best way to teach a language in a classroom is by creating an atmosphere which enables pupils to take an imaginary trip to the culture of the given language. If we have ever had the chance to travel, we […]

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