Students Needs In Interconnected World

In today’s increasingly interconnected world, it’s incredibly important for everyone to speak more than one language, appreciate more than one culture, and communicate across borders and barriers.

We know from decades of empirical research that "language learning works best when it’s relevant and based on learners’ needs. Fundamentally, language is a tool that we use to do the things that are important to us, and that’s how we should be organizing our instruction. If more schools offered instruction that prepared learners to use the languages they are studying in a meaningful way, we wouldn’t have to convince people that language learning is a vital part of education–it would be as obvious to them as it is to anyone who has successfully learned a second language" (Dr. Nielson).

And, in the meantime, offering college credit for self-study language courses makes absolutely no sense at all. If anything, we should offer credit to students who can demonstrate real-world language proficiency, by carrying on conversations, reading instructions, writing emails, following recipes, understanding poetry, watching movies, listening to music, or participating in political debates. You know, the kinds of things that human beings use language to do all day long.
16. Oktober 2018
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Elena Marciano

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Hi, my name is Elena, I am Russian, currently I am living and working in Barcelona Spain. I have a Master Degree in Russian Philology and I am an experienced teacher (6 years). Additionally I have diplomas and certificates in Business Studies. Apart of teaching languages, I have a great international experience of working in Business sector both in multinational companies in Israel and in Swiss Business School in Barcelona. I have a very good experience working with kids, teenagers and adults, teaching the language so I will be happy to keep on working with the same audience. I invite you to take a free trial class! It is always the best way to check if the teacher suits you and the learning success is guaranteed! Looking forward to hear from you. Hugs from Barcelona! Elena Hola, mi nombre es Elena, soy rusa, actualmente vivo y trabajo en Barcelona, España. Tengo una Maestría en Filología Rusa y soy una profesora con experiencia (6 años). Además tengo diplomas y certificados e...
Flag
Russisch
globe
Russland
time
Neu!
Spricht:
Englisch
C2
,
Spanisch
C2
,
Hebräisch
C2
Hi, my name is Elena, I am Russian, currently I am living and working in Barcelona Spain. I have a Master Degree in Russian Philology and I am an experienced teacher (6 years). Additionally I have diplomas and certificates in Business Studies. Apart of teaching languages, I have a great international experience of working in Business sector both in multinational companies in Israel and in Swiss Business School in Barcelona. I have a very good experience working with kids, teenagers and adults, teaching the language so I will be happy to keep on working with the same audience. I invite you to take a free trial class! It is always the best way to check if the teacher suits you and the learning success is guaranteed! Looking forward to hear from you. Hugs from Barcelona! Elena Hola, mi nombre es Elena, soy rusa, actualmente vivo y trabajo en Barcelona, España. Tengo una Maestría en Filología Rusa y soy una profesora con experiencia (6 años). Además tengo diplomas y certificados e...
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