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