1. The 10 Commandments Of Language Teaching

2. LEARNER'S VERSION. Go with your hunches. Dive in. Get the BIG picture
LEARNER'S VERSION *Go with your hunches *Dive in *Get the BIG picture *Believe in yourself *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us
TEACHER'S VERSION
I. Lower inhibitions 2. Encourage risk-taking 3. Build self-confidence 4. Develop intrinsic motivation. 5. Engage in cooperative learning 6. Use right-brain processes 7. Promote ambiguity tolerance 8. Practice intuition 9. Process error feedback 10.Set personal goals

3. CAN YOU MATCH THE TEACHER’S COMMANDMENT WITH THE LEARNER’S COMMANDMENT?

4. 1. LOWER INHIBITIONS FEAR NOT!
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
FEAR NOT!
1. LOWER INHIBITIONS

5. 2. ENCOURAGE RISK TAKING. DIVE IN!
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
DIVE IN!
2. ENCOURAGE RISK TAKING.

6. 3. BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!
3. BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE

7. 4. DEVELOP INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
SEIZE THE DAY!
4. DEVELOP INTRINSIC MOTIVATION

8. 5. ENGAGE IN COOPERATIVE LEARNING
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR!
5. ENGAGE IN COOPERATIVE LEARNING

9. 6. USE RIGHT BRAIN PROCESSES
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
GET THE BIG PICTURE!
6. USE RIGHT BRAIN PROCESSES

10. 7. PROMOTE AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
COPE WITH THE CHAOS!
7. PROMOTE AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE

11. 8. PRACTICE INTUITION GO WITH YOUR HUNCHES!
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
GO WITH YOUR HUNCHES!
8. PRACTICE INTUITION

12. 9. PROCESS ERROR FEEDBACK.
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
MISTAKES HELP US!
9. PROCESS ERROR FEEDBACK.

13. 10. SET PERSONAL GOALS! SET YOUR OWN GOALS!
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
SET YOUR OWN GOALS!
10. SET PERSONAL GOALS!

14. 1. Lower inhibitions FEAR NOT!
*Go with your hunches *Get the BIG picture *Dive in *Fear not! *Love thy neighbor *Seize the day *Cope with the chaos *Set your own goals *Mistakes help us *Believe in yourself
FEAR NOT!
1. Lower inhibitions

15. LEARNER'S VERSION. Fear not. Dive in. Believe in yourself
LEARNER'S VERSION *Fear not! *Dive in *Believe in yourself *Seize the day *Love thy neighbor *Get the BIG picture *Cope with the chaos *Go with your hunches *Mistakes help us. *Set your own goals
TEACHER'S VERSION
I. Lower inhibitions 2. Encourage risk-taking 3. Build self-confidence 4. Develop intrinsic motivation. 5. Engage in cooperative learning 6. Use right-brain processes 7. Promote ambiguity tolerance 8. Practice intuition 9. Process error feedback 10.Set personal goals

16. The Future’s Predicate
(process over product)
Know less to
understand more!

17. Pascal’s Teaching Gambit
We don’t know what the END is. So we should enjoy the process. Teach students to be happy and you will be too!

18. References
H.D. Brown, (2000) 'Principles of Language Learning and Teaching‘, New York; Longman