Sharing and Discovering Method
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Name: Mengqi Yang
ID: 934000105
Research paper
EDUC 5400C Methods of Teaching Second Language
Instructor: Jamie Kim
Dec. 3,2003
Sharing and Discovering Method
Sharing and Discovering Method
Background
I would like to name the method I am designing "Sharing and Discovering." It is intended to help adult second language learner progress from the intermediate to the advanced level. Usually, adult learners study L2 for a particular purpose to pass an examination, to get a better job, to learn about a different culture or to immigrate to another country. They know what are their own needs, so that they are highly motivated. Based on this assumption, the teacher should try to assist the learners to achieve their goals. However, the learners' individual purposes vary from one student to another and they are not automatically transparent to the teacher unless they are shared. In addition, the learners' individual learning styles, preferences and intelligences are also different. It is necessary for the teacher to discover this essential information before he/she can decide what to teach and how to present so that the learners can best reach their goals. I believe that only after giving the intermediate students ample opportunities to experience the heuristic method using natural language, can the teacher discover their individual needs, be they about work or social aspirations...