| Everybody has always wanted to learn English by | | | | to discover the rule that they are about to learn. |
| achieving the rules first and then practise them. It is | | | | This is not an easy task. Yet, if we take a look at the |
| easier this way but has anyone ever thought that a | | | | issue, students get the chance to practice the little or |
| different modern method maybe would bring less | | | | as much English as they know, by speaking it. They |
| stress in learning a new language? | | | | get more chances to write down rules and lose track |
| What would be the first thought that crosses a | | | | of what they are suppose to learn in class. By |
| student's mind once he or she starts to learn a foreign | | | | communication, even if they make mistakes, they |
| language? He/She is curious, wants to know and find | | | | discover the rule, they feel in control, they feel they |
| out as much as s/he can about the language s/he is | | | | bring something good in the process of learning for |
| about to approach. Questions like: "Will I be able to live | | | | themselves, with no or little help from their teacher. |
| up to the teacher's expectations of me?", "Will learing | | | | Once they discover the rule, they note it down, discuss |
| become accessible?" and many more, web their mind | | | | it with their teacher, but go on practicing it by speaking |
| and maybe prevent them from thinking that learning is | | | | the language, not by doing thousands of grammar |
| fun. | | | | exercises until they get tired of it all. The only persons |
| In an intermediate English class, let's say, students might | | | | in control of their learning through discovery is |
| feel awkward at first. They expect rules, explanations, | | | | themselves. The teacher becomes a facilitator, a guide, |
| questions to be asked directly. What happens when | | | | instead of staying only a teacher. |
| the teacher comes with a totally different teaching | | | | As a conclusion, encourage students of all ages to |
| idea? Instead of rules listed on the board, all students | | | | discover learing on their own, to discover a foreign |
| get is conversations, questions to answer, and rules to | | | | language using their own efforts, so they could feel |
| come up with. They need to carry out a conversation | | | | proud of their achievement at the end of the class |
| and anwer questions that their teacher asks in order | | | | day. |