Hi! I'm glad you touched on the Silent Way approach. I've been a SW teacher since 2014 (I teach English and German using the Silent Way). Becoming and being a SW teacher is a transformative process. My experience has been that it has made me a better human being, more attuned and present in my life, let alone a better teacher. Caleb Gattegno, the mind behind the approach, based his whole pedagogy on the building blocks of learning, i.e. awarenesses. Moreover, the Silent Way is actually an explicit model of how people learn languages and all SW materials (the phonemic chart - not phonetic, as your guest says in the video -, the word charts, the colours are actually expressions of awarenesses). The teacher is silent, but not mute and anyone interested in languages and communication knows that only a mere fraction of what we call communication makes use of words, so the teacher is in constant communication with the students. If one speaks, I may listen or tune out, but if one shows me something, points to something, I immediately become present. That's why Gattegno thought of pointing on the charts as a more effective way of keeping the students engaged and present with the language. I could go on and on about it, but I'll stop here and say that although neurosciences weren't a thing back when Gattegno devised the SW, neuroscientists have confirmed all his "informed guesses" about the brain (he called it "the mind") and how it learned (math, writing and foreign languages) - see Stanislas Dehaene's research and especially his brilliant book "How We Learn".
Thanks for this interview. I had a blast. I think this episode is super useful for any people training to become English teachers. I've myself gone through different phases and now being a self-employed English teacher, my eclectic method consists of the following: The communicative approach, lexical approach, Dogme, Krashen's theories of language acquisition, and community-based learning. I teach and design all my courses like that. I also think it's important to have justification for what you do online and how you teach. I've learnt this from you, Luke. This is what makes people trust us. There are too many "English teacher scammers" out there who are successful just because they have excellent marketing and sales skills but don't always know what they are doing.
Yeah. There are a lot of hacks out there, but so many more genuine decent teachers. Like Luke said, we should never be afraid to experiment, but we should also keep an eye on the theories and research to make our experimentation better informed.
Another interesting aspect that you quickly covered was the cultural background that plays a big role in our communication (i.g. Japanese students Vs "American style"). There are so many things to take into account when it comes to communication: implicit, explicit language, communication styles, cultural misunderstanding etc. I wish I had more time to read more about it. Or it might be an idea for the three of you for a future podcast! 😉
Probably Luke one of the first teacher who really helped me to start understand people just by listening, and even more than hat I started talking myself, but not much yet... 😁
TeacherLuke, I've listened to many of your podcasts full of fun and entertainment . Though funny, they give you an aura of honour and respect because they are done within limits which is much teacherlike and controlled. Good wishes.
Hello professor Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance. I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. Your Student from Algeria.
Silent Luke)) something from another universe)) thanks for the podcast, very interesting from the theoretical point of view of studying and learning a foreign language.
I taught at Berlitz for a few months after my CELTA. One day I took a beginner book into an advanced class by mistake. After 10 minutes of drilling from a script, I realised their level when one guy said, 'It looks like you're holding a pen, not a pencil, to me mate!'
The start of conversation was not so good, even wantedd to stop it, however I trust you and staid listening. Then it was interesting to follow the conversation. Good!
Hi Luke! I'm Sara and I'm also a teacher. Thank you both for this episode. I really enjoyed listening to it. However, I don't fully agree with you about TPR method of teaching. I LOVE it! It was the first method I learned and used at my job. By the way, I started as a primary teacher, so my first students were from 4-9 y.o. I know you're incredibly busy but I'd like to talk and maybe explain to your listeners how useful it can be. P.s. I don't have any fancy degree 🤣🤣🤣 But I read about different methods and found those ones which I can use well. I was moving to another country and couldn't listen to all your episodes because of lack of internet traffic on my phone) Thank you! ❤
Sorry Luke for the misspelling of your name . What did I wite ,was 't luck ,if so it suggest a good meaning , for who hates luck particularly if it were good
Hi Luke. I'm a passionate lepster and really delight with all your episodes. I hope we can have another Rick thompson report,please. We need it. It's always quite pleasant to hear you both 🙏
First of all, I wish I was in Paris to attend your next live event, Luke. It sounds awesome! Then great episode where you both talk about things I am really passionate about: Star Wars 😍 and different teaching methodologies. I am not a teacher but I've always been interested in understanding how the learning/teaching process works. Besides it was good to know Gabriel Clark better. I came across a couple of his blog posts sometime ago and they were brilliantly written: very interesting content with humour. Thanks guys!
Mr. Luke, I like your podcasts and videos su much, thank you for uploading such kind of excellent video for me as an english learner. I have one request : it would be much better if you read some parts of the Novel which is called "the boys in the boat" written by an American writer. it's my favorite english novel. Thank you.
Hi Luke! Hope you doing well! I am wondering is it okay for us if we pronounce 'star' as 'sdar', 'spider' as 'sbider' and 'sky' as 'sgy'? I'm asking because lots of Chinese people like me were taught like that in our high school. Few days before I saw them-Chinese teachers and Foreign teachers- arguing about it. I'm really curious about it.
Hi Luke, I would like to start a RUclips channel where I would read English, short, simplified stories for Polish learners. Could you suggest a source of such stories? Kind regards Slawek
I'm sorry. I could not watch more than 5 minutes of this. Too much unnecessary and pointless talking about nothing relevant and not keeping to the main topic. 1hour and 36 minutes watching this is torture! Wasted my time looking in! Sorry.
He’s both. I’m not sure what difference his appearance makes to his students’ ability to learn English. Do you think it’s an important factor in second language acquisition?
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As an English teacher,I do love this episode! Thanks Luke!
Hi! I'm glad you touched on the Silent Way approach. I've been a SW teacher since 2014 (I teach English and German using the Silent Way). Becoming and being a SW teacher is a transformative process. My experience has been that it has made me a better human being, more attuned and present in my life, let alone a better teacher. Caleb Gattegno, the mind behind the approach, based his whole pedagogy on the building blocks of learning, i.e. awarenesses. Moreover, the Silent Way is actually an explicit model of how people learn languages and all SW materials (the phonemic chart - not phonetic, as your guest says in the video -, the word charts, the colours are actually expressions of awarenesses). The teacher is silent, but not mute and anyone interested in languages and communication knows that only a mere fraction of what we call communication makes use of words, so the teacher is in constant communication with the students. If one speaks, I may listen or tune out, but if one shows me something, points to something, I immediately become present. That's why Gattegno thought of pointing on the charts as a more effective way of keeping the students engaged and present with the language. I could go on and on about it, but I'll stop here and say that although neurosciences weren't a thing back when Gattegno devised the SW, neuroscientists have confirmed all his "informed guesses" about the brain (he called it "the mind") and how it learned (math, writing and foreign languages) - see Stanislas Dehaene's research and especially his brilliant book "How We Learn".
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Thanks for this interview. I had a blast. I think this episode is super useful for any people training to become English teachers.
I've myself gone through different phases and now being a self-employed English teacher, my eclectic method consists of the following:
The communicative approach, lexical approach, Dogme, Krashen's theories of language acquisition, and community-based learning. I teach and design all my courses like that.
I also think it's important to have justification for what you do online and how you teach. I've learnt this from you, Luke. This is what makes people trust us. There are too many "English teacher scammers" out there who are successful just because they have excellent marketing and sales skills but don't always know what they are doing.
I couldn't agree more about the scammers out there. Just because they are native speakers they assume they are entitled to teach their language...
Yeah. There are a lot of hacks out there, but so many more genuine decent teachers.
Like Luke said, we should never be afraid to experiment, but we should also keep an eye on the theories and research to make our experimentation better informed.
Another interesting aspect that you quickly covered was the cultural background that plays a big role in our communication (i.g. Japanese students Vs "American style"). There are so many things to take into account when it comes to communication: implicit, explicit language, communication styles, cultural misunderstanding etc. I wish I had more time to read more about it. Or it might be an idea for the three of you for a future podcast! 😉
@@roberta238 I have a bad feeling it's actually making me bitter and cynical.
Probably Luke one of the first teacher who really helped me to start understand people just by listening, and even more than hat I started talking myself, but not much yet... 😁
Me as well
Luke, my best teacher ever ❤️
Mine as well.
TeacherLuke, I've listened to many of your podcasts full of fun and entertainment . Though funny, they give you an aura of honour and respect because they are done within limits which is much teacherlike and controlled. Good wishes.
Гугл транслейшн?
Good night
@@ramanarajana8112 нет он просто fluent
Really thanks for generous and great efforts
This video has just opened up a world for me! Thanks to both of you!
Hello professor
Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance.
I really appreciate your job.
I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity.
Your Student from Algeria.
Excellent chat. Insightful stuff!
Thank you both.
I regularly listen to ur podcast, but comments here are vital for reaching more audience 🫡
Take care Luke, ur doing great job for us!
Listening now! 🎶 to my ears 👂 😍 😌!
I'm subscribed to both podcasts. Thank you for interesting ways of teaching English.
listening your podcast first time since 24.03, when war in Ukrainian escalated, nice to hearing familiar voice
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Silent Luke)) something from another universe)) thanks for the podcast, very interesting from the theoretical point of view of studying and learning a foreign language.
How interesting listening to you two!! I hope some Day I can be half as good teacher as you are
As a master student at ELT it seems a great post
Love this video ,: thank you for sharing all your knowledge with us
Hello and thank you for this insightful conversation! 🤓👍🌈❤️🍀📕
Thanks very much luke ! You are doing great job ⚡⚡
Really thanks for this fortune
Thanks Luke
Luke, please do a podacast employing the silent method. Would love to listen to that.
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I taught at Berlitz for a few months after my CELTA. One day I took a beginner book into an advanced class by mistake. After 10 minutes of drilling from a script, I realised their level when one guy said, 'It looks like you're holding a pen, not a pencil, to me mate!'
A very interesting discussion on teaching. Nice one!
The start of conversation was not so good, even wantedd to stop it, however I trust you and staid listening. Then it was interesting to follow the conversation. Good!
enormous podcast
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Hi Luke! I'm Sara and I'm also a teacher. Thank you both for this episode. I really enjoyed listening to it. However, I don't fully agree with you about TPR method of teaching. I LOVE it! It was the first method I learned and used at my job. By the way, I started as a primary teacher, so my first students were from 4-9 y.o.
I know you're incredibly busy but I'd like to talk and maybe explain to your listeners how useful it can be.
P.s. I don't have any fancy degree 🤣🤣🤣 But I read about different methods and found those ones which I can use well.
I was moving to another country and couldn't listen to all your episodes because of lack of internet traffic on my phone) Thank you! ❤
good conversation.thanks🙂
Sorry Luke for the misspelling of your name . What did I wite ,was 't luck ,if so it suggest a good meaning , for who hates luck particularly if it were good
That's ok! I think computers and phones keep correcting "Luke" to "Luck", but it could be worse! Good thing my name isn't Fuke 😂
Hi Luke. I'm a passionate lepster and really delight with all your episodes. I hope we can have another Rick thompson report,please. We need it. It's always quite pleasant to hear you both 🙏
First of all, I wish I was in Paris to attend your next live event, Luke. It sounds awesome!
Then great episode where you both talk about things I am really passionate about: Star Wars 😍 and different teaching methodologies. I am not a teacher but I've always been interested in understanding how the learning/teaching process works.
Besides it was good to know Gabriel Clark better. I came across a couple of his blog posts sometime ago and they were brilliantly written: very interesting content with humour. Thanks guys!
Thanks for the positive feedback on the posts, Roberta! :D
@@ClarkandMillerOnlineEnglish you're welcome. And btw, you have a new RUclips subscriber and Podcast listener!
@@roberta238 ***HAPPY!!!***
Welcome on board! :D
You have explained to me the TKT course in minutes , thank you teachers.
Language methods just keep changing. Stock up on them with LEP.
Mr. Luke, I like your podcasts and videos su much, thank you for uploading such kind of excellent video for me as an english learner. I have one request : it would be much better if you read some parts of the Novel which is called "the boys in the boat" written by an American writer. it's my favorite english novel. Thank you.
How was Gabriel Clark able to enter a master's degree without having a bachelor's? Did his university accept work experience in lieu of a bachelor's?
Any school in london to spend 1 month for IELTS/TOEFL exam?
Thanks
interesting conversation
Okay let's go watching now
Luke, thank you so much. I really enjoy your videos. Can you please try to teach with songs?
Where is English? Wao. Never thougt of that question. Thanks. As always happy to listen to you .
Individual differences between students
Very dynamic and personal duet. How about CLIL as a methodology?
Hi Luke! Hope you doing well! I am wondering is it okay for us if we pronounce 'star' as 'sdar', 'spider' as 'sbider' and 'sky' as 'sgy'? I'm asking because lots of Chinese people like me were taught like that in our high school. Few days before I saw them-Chinese teachers and Foreign teachers- arguing about it. I'm really curious about it.
I think they’re all fine, in my opinion.
Thanks for your “Friday gift”🥳🥳🥳Have u ever think about sharing how to make a sound hhhhhhh (I really like ur voice!!!!
It looks like " yeah " is the only thing he can say.
You didn’t notice all the other words?
Hi Luke, I would like to start a RUclips channel where I would read English, short, simplified stories for Polish learners. Could you suggest a source of such stories?
Kind regards
Slawek
which accent you speak with?
I luv u luke
He or she ?? Confused for a while
Seriously?
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It was painfully dull☹️
Bb.
I'm sorry. I could not watch more than 5 minutes of this. Too much unnecessary and pointless talking about nothing relevant and not keeping to the main topic. 1hour and 36 minutes watching this is torture! Wasted my time looking in! Sorry.
There’s a bit of small talk at the start and a tangent about Star Wars but then we keep to the topic for the majority of the conversation.
Erling holland 🤣🤣🤣
This guy looks like a musician, not a teacher
He’s both. I’m not sure what difference his appearance makes to his students’ ability to learn English. Do you think it’s an important factor in second language acquisition?
Sorry, I definitely want to praise him and describe the fun of his character..I never meant to offend him or you
Sorry, I probably overreacted :)
@@LukesEnglishPodcast keep going , and don't mention it
誰かが英語を世界共通語にせしめたために、こんなバカみたいな人にさらりーはらうはめになる。
Он пишет(Гугл в помощь) что кто кто сделал анг.яз. универсальным.
И кто же этот кто то?!
I 🤔 thought it was a woman....till he started to speak, what for man has this sort of hair
The prog rock movement completely passed you by, didn't it?
at the first sight, i thought he was a woman!
😅😅😅
It does not matter! There is no women or man. This all the education from the human since tausend years.
@@Boyutmusic you're wrong, there are two genders, men and women. It's all!
I know that the education is in the USA bad. This comment is the proof.
Go to your man