teaching languages effectively

One misunderstanding appears almost every time people hear the phrase “a language learning method.” They imagine a rigid system. A strict set of rules. A program that must be applied exactly the same way in every situation. But real teaching does not work like that. A method is not a cage. A method is a […]

A Real Lesson About Language, Logic, and Understanding Before every language teacher stands the same dilemma. Should we explain things correctly according to textbooks? Or in a way the student will actually understand? In theory, these two things should coincide. In reality, they often don’t. Sometimes a teacher must choose between being perfectly pedagogical and […]