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learning from your students

Submitted on 14 December, 2009 - 11:44

Dear Zira,

Thank you so much! Your message was warm and encouraging. To answer your question, I do not think there is a magic formula for this. However, the kind of things _____________ will make learning from your students possible would include:

- learning to stop yourself from making immediate judgments on their performance.

- learning how to listen. All too often, we tend to be in a hurry and do not give our students the kind of listening attention they deserve.

- learning to open yourself up to the unexpected, rather than foreclosing the options because they do not fit into your pre-conceived plan for the class.

- learning how to respond to opportunities that arise when you do the other three things above.

Of course, it is ______________ to say these things than to actually do them but I hope they offer some kind of response to what you are asking me.

Very best wishes,

Alan

(Adapted from: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs)