1、Useyourbrain [2004-5-31]Make your study methods 'brain-friendly' and you will see tremendous results.Here are some of the pre-requisites (necesary elements) for effective language learning. The best methods are based on this fact: the human brain is designed to learn language.
2、 Use your brain in the right way and you will see tremendous results from your study. Find a relaxed study environmenPeople learn more when they feel secure and relaxed. If they are nervous, they won't focus on learning, no matter how good the teacher or the materials are. Usin
3、g your brain New language is first taken into the short-term memory. From there it must be transferred to the long-term memory and stored permanently. A number of factors that effect this transfer: - Language must be learned in a real life contextThe brain organizes new languag
4、e by associating it with existing language in the brain. This is best done if the new language is learned in a context. Memorizing non-related words is not effective. If there isn’t a context, the short-term memory won’t be able to organize the new language. It will be lost.- L
5、anguage must be meaningfulNew language must involve real meaning (not memorizing words or sentences) and used by the students to communicate. - Learners must actively participateIf the students don’t participate in the learning, the short-term memory will not consider the new l
6、anguage important and it will not be transferred to long-term memory. Students need to discover the language by thinking about and using it. People who actively participate in their learning, make much more progress than students who just listen to a teacher.- New Language must
7、 be interesting and relevantIf the topics are interesting, students will learn more. Interesting language will be passed into long-term memory.- Practice using the new wordsPracticing language gives the brain a chance to organize and store it In the classroom - Role playsLearne
8、rs should practice in a real life context. They are ac
