How do we learn languages? In this video I explore this question by looking at approaches to language learning in the past. Do we learn a second language inductively as we learn our mother tongue or is it more deductive as we learn mathematics at school?

What has an overview of historical approaches got to do with what we do in the classroom today? Well, lots – we all have unconscious beliefs and they shape our methodology and these beliefs have evolved historically.

People study languages (linguistics), learning (psychology, second language acquisition research) and this research informs what we are doing in classrooms.

In this video webinar, we look at the main approaches:

1. Grammar translation

2. Direct method

3. Cognitive code

4. Communicative language teaching

One of the biggest names running through CLT is Krashen. What are his main ideas (his 5 hypotheses)?

The Acquisition / Learning Distinction

The Natural Order Hypothesis

The Monitor Hypothesis

The Input Hypothesis

The Affective Filter Hypothesis

Here is the video webinar: https://youtu.be/Y9Mr3tqrA9Q

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