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LANGUAGE, CULTURE & WORLDVIEW LEARNING

Martin Symonds

1. Attitude & Expectations – two key words

Looking at what are the right attitudes to learning a language, including the importance of maintaining mental, emotional and spiritual health.

2. Pronunciation

A brief overview of consonant & vowel systems, and how to make the sounds.

3. How Personality Affects Language Learning

Looking at how self-confidence, inhibition, nervousness and anxiety affect one’s progress in language learning

4. Learning Styles

With the aid of Myers Briggs and DISC, helping the learner to understand which learning style suits them best.

5. Learning Strategies

Looking at which memory and communication strategies are most effective. How to improve your memory.

6. Setting Goals + Measuring Progress + Maintaining Motivation

7. Speaking Appropriately + Where to Practice

Speaking the language in a culturally appropriate way.

Places to go where you can practice the language.

8. Older Language Learner

What the older learner can do to improve their learning.

9. The Good Language Learner

What strategies the good language learner uses which makes them a more effective language learner.

Language Learning articles (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvYXdp309RQhQQGSotTsYaQ/videos)

Myers-Briggs:

http://similarminds.com/jung.html and https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

Description of each MBTI Type

www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics

Learning Styles Questions are also attached.

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