Intro to 2nd Semester

Where: MAGNET

Participants: Gui Bueno, Maaike Bouwmeester

Duration: 30min

Topics:

• The longstanding challenges of language learning
• My brief background in Language Teaching
• Russell’s role in defining the focus of my MA
• Nicole’s suggestion to keep investigating myself
• Defining the problem as an educational riddle
• No single, right method to learn languages
• The importance of language learning strategies
• Emotional support, risk-taking, encouragement
• With so many tools, why is it still very hard?
• Deliberate practice, “fry your brain” exercises
• Target audience: self-motivated, shy, distrustful adults
• Context: reduction of extraneous cognitive load
• Content: novice Portuguese with focus on speaking
• Metacognition: learn how to learn languages
• Risk-taking: learn how to use languages best
• The five cornerstones need a lot of improvement. Not sure how