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All learners are the same, but they all are different.

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Some Characteristics of
Good Learners

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Some Characteristics of
Good Learners

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1. They have strong personal motivation

2.  They are prepared to risk making mistakes

3. They organize their own practice of the language

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We aim to help learners become independent of teachers so that learners can use what they learn and continue to learn on their own.

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What do we learn from all this as
teachers?

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What do we learn from all this as
teachers?

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Firstly, we must not see the learners in front of us as language learning machines; they may have many other things on their minds.

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Secondly, we have to make an effort to inform ourselves about our learners.

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Thirdly, we have to make our classrooms places where the characteristics of good learners are encouraged.

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We try to teach all our students, but the successful
ones are usually those who take on some responsibility for their own learning.

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We try to teach all our students, but the successful
ones are usually those who take on some responsibility for their own learning.

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The challenge is to go on developing into the teacher you most want to be.

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The most important things to do in order

to be "a good teacher"

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The most important things to do in order

to be "a good teacher"

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Security

Motivation

Instructions

Modeling

Information

Feedback

Encouragement

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The single most important change we can hope for in teaching is for teachers who trust each other to visit each other’s lessons, not to evaluate, but to share.

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S:  I am good at learning how things really are from practical experience.
N: I am good at seeing possibilities which might not be obvious.

S: I enjoy using my eyes, ears and other senses to find out what is happening.
N: I enjoy using imagination to work on how things could be

S: I get great satisfaction from using my skills to do what I do well.
N: I get great satisfaction from learning new skills.

S: I don’t enjoy facing one new problem after the other.
N: I don’t enjoy facing the same problem repeatedly.

S: I’m patient over details, but I don’t like situations to get too      complicated.
N: I don’t mind complicated situations, but I get impatient over details.

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Now, we already know some of the principal characteristics of being a teacher and a student. 

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Now, we already know some of the principal characteristics of being a teacher and a student. 

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We know what teachers expect from students

We know what students expect from teachers

What kind of student are you?

S: Tend to live through their senses ( the way the things are)

N: Tend to live through their intuitions ( possibilities )

Neither of these types is better than the other one.

Example

Finally, Let´s focus on two importan things:

1. The difference between a “practical suggestion” and “just teorical idea” might lie in you.

2. A useful technique for you might not be so useful for somebody else, and vice-versa.