New English Language Teaching Methods | The Principled Eclecticism Approach

New English Language Teaching Methods | The Principled Eclecticism Approach

The Way Ahead

The respected author and American university professor, Douglas Brown, provides a list of the ‘ten commandments’ for effective language learning, applied to both ESL teachers and learners:

For EFL Teachers	For Language Learners
Lower inhibitions	Fear not!
Encourage risk-taking	Dive in
Build self-confidence	Believe in yourself
Develop intrinsic motivation	Seize the day
Engage in cooperative learning	Work with your team
Use right-brain processes	Get the BIG picture
Promote ambiguity tolerance	Cope with the chaos
Practice intuition	Follow your hunches
Process error feedback	Make mistakes work FOR you
Set personal goals	Set your own goals

From his book Principles of Language Learning & Teaching (Pearson Longman, 2001)

These recommendations aim to promote learner autonomy and stress the importance of self-motivation.