[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 12 | July 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Professor Scott Thornbury's plenary at the 2012 KOTESOL International Conference held at Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, South…
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 12 | July 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] In this talk, introduced by Lord Melvyn Bragg, Steven argues that style still matters: in communicating effectively, in…
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 12 | July 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]
Marcin Lewandowski says, “Being an autonomous and independent learner is crucial for successful language learning. The ability to manage your own learning without relying on the teacher is a skill that should be in the repertoire of all language (and otherwise) students. To this end, teachers too should encourage and help students develop this skill. One way of doing it is through setting up collaborative activities where learners can draw on each other’s (rather than the teacher’s) knowledge and experience to complete a task.
Collaboration advantage
Learner collaboration has numerous advantages. It develops real life transferable skills like teamwork, allocation of responsibilities, and negotiation. It also promotes learner independence by shifting the focus from the teacher onto other students.