Learning Strategy Training, Cooperative Learning, and Multiple Intelligences

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Learning Strategy Training, Cooperative Learning,
and Multiple Intelligences

• Prepared by Doris Shih

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Outline for Today

• Learning strategy training
• Cooperative learning
• Multiple intelligences
• Activity time

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Learning Strategy Training (1)

• Good language learners are willing and accurate
  guessers who have a strong desire to
  communicate.They attend to both the meaning and
  the form of their message. They also practice and
  monitor their own speech as well as the speech of
  others. (p. 159, Larsen-Freeman).

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Learning Strategy Training (2)

• Teacher build on students prior knowledge
  experience
• Teacher teach and demonstrate learning strategies
• Students do hands-on practice
• Students do self-assessment
• Students transfer strategy to a different
  situation

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Cooperative Learning (1)

• Students learn from each other in groups
• Students think positive interdependence
• Groups are mixed in gender race
• Individuals help each other
• Teacher teach students social skills
• Students communicate in L2 to achieve language
  acquisition

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Cooperative Learning (2)

• Students are tested individually
• Students responsibility are distributed
• Teacher teach L2 cooperation
• Cooperative learning teaches language for
  academic social purposes

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Multiple Intelligences

• Howard Gardners theory
• Nine intelligences
• Visual/Spatial
• Verbal/Linguistics
• Logical/mathematical
• Body/kinesthetic
• Musical/rhythmic
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Naturalist
• Existentialist

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Activity Time

• Lets work on Gardners MI test!

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References

• Larsen-Freeman, D. (2000). Techniques and
  principles in language teaching. 2nd ed. Oxford,
  England Oxford University Press.