Learning Disabilties / Disorders – TURN AROUND YOUR TEACHING

English Language Learning, ESL EFL Students, Information Processing, Memory, Second Language Learning Difficulties, Struggling Students, Teaching Resources, Uncategorized

Teachers! Stop Yourselves and Your Students From Feeling Like This

English language students staring back at you with blank faces when you mention previously 'taught' material doesn't give you the best feeling for the rest of your well-planned lesson. According to your class register, these students were definitely present in physical form last week. Apparently, their thoughts were elsewhere. Perhaps they were daydreaming about skydiving … Continue reading Teachers! Stop Yourselves and Your Students From Feeling Like This

EFL ESL Teachers / Professionals, English Language Learning, Foreign Language Learning Difficulties, Information Processing, Language Learning Difficulties, Learning Disabilties / Disorders, Long-term memory, Memory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Learning Difficulties, Teachers

Teachers: Are Your Teaching Methods Stimulating the Senses?

To aid information storage in long-term memory and later retrieval, English language teachers (EFL ESL) need to use a combination of multi-sensory teaching methods to introduce and later rehearse and recycle material.

EFL ESL Teachers / Professionals, Foreign Language Learning Difficulties, Information Processing, Long-term memory, Memory, Second Language Learning Difficulties, Teachers, Uncategorized

Attention! Do Your Teaching Methods Pass The Long-Term Memory Check List?

Unfortunately, long-term semantic memory is known to have the weakest retrieval system. Therefore, ESL EFL teachers have to make sure many neurological paths and connections are made and developed so English language students can store subject matter securely and retrieve information easily.

EFL ESL Teachers / Professionals, English Language Learning, ESL EFL Students, Foreign Language Learning Difficulties, Information Processing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Learning Difficulties, Short-term working memory, Struggling Students

Teachers: Are Your Demands Overloading Your Students?

For English language teachers, it is important to know when planning lessons that the temporary storage space available in the short-term working memory system is limited.

English Language Learning, ESL EFL Students, Foreign Language Learning Difficulties, Second Language Learning, Teachers

Teachers: Here’s What You Should Know About ‘Poor Memory’

Sometimes, our ESL EFL students' vacant looks appear because the classwork being reviewed was never perceived or processed adequately in the first place.

Anxiety, Learning Disabilties / Disorders, Second Language Learning

Are Emotional Problems Causing Foreign Language Learning Difficulties?

Affective factors: ANXIETY ESL or EFL Teachers or professionals in this field, did you know students encountering difficulties with learning a foreign language experience high levels of anxiety? This is especially true for those with a history of foreign language learning difficulties for instance, students whose learning experience has been negative and who have suffered … Continue reading Are Emotional Problems Causing Foreign Language Learning Difficulties?

English Language Learning, ESL EFL Students, Language Learning Aptitude, Language Theories, Learning Disabilties / Disorders, Teachers

Language Aptitude: Do you have it?

There is the idea that some students may possess an 'aptitude for learning languages'. The idea of the existence of a 'language learning aptitude' does not mean an individual can or cannot learn a foreign language. It is assumed that most people, who do not have specific language disabilities, can learn a language if they … Continue reading Language Aptitude: Do you have it?

Language Learning Difficulties, Second Language Learning

Is English Preventing English Language Students From Progressing?

Language is layered and complex and for those who have specific language learning difficulties acquiring English as a second or foreign language is more challenging than we often realise. A previous post has dealt with some of the reasons why students may not be progressing as quickly as teachers may think they should. Still, before … Continue reading Is English Preventing English Language Students From Progressing?

EFL ESL Teachers / Professionals, ESL EFL Students, Language Learning Difficulties, Learning Disabilties / Disorders, Linguistic Coding Differences Hypothesis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Learning Difficulties, Struggling Students

Are First Language Difficulties Causing Second Language Learning Struggles?

If a student seems to be having difficulties with their English language studies, you may have to investigate the cause in order to provide a solution. Check whether your students had difficulties acquiring any of the language skills in their L1 and if they still have difficulties.

Language Learning Difficulties, Learning Disabilties / Disorders

Is Lack of Native Linguistic Proficiency Causing Second Language Struggles?

If ESL EFL students have not become fully competent in one of the language skills of their L1, it could very well be affecting the way and speed at which they will acquire their second or foreign language.