Bruner Bruner was an important advocate of Piaget’s ideas. Bruner was a professor of psychology and founder of the Centre for Cognitive Studies at Harvard University. To Bruner, the development of conceptual understanding and of cognitive skills and strategies is a central aim of education, rather than the acquisition of factual information. Bruner worked on…
Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Second Language Acquisition (SLA). An abbreviation for Second Language Acquisition. Second Language Acquisition is the common term used for the name of the discipline. In general, SLA refers to the process of learning another language after the native language has been learnt (Gass & Selinker, 2008). Sometimes the term refers to…
English Presentation | Flipped Classroom English Presentation | Flipped Classroom Watch this video on YouTube LELB Lecturer: Dr. Hariri What is flipped learning? Flipped learning is an instructional approach where traditional teaching is reversed, and students engage with new material outside of class, often through video lessons and multimedia. Before class, students watch these videos to…
IELTS Writing Task 2 Physical Disabilities IELTS Writing Task 2 Physical Disabilities Topic According to recent approaches to education, students with physical (not mental) disabilities should attend ordinary schools. Nevertheless, many people believe that these students should be educated in special schools in isolation. To what extent do you concur with this point of view? You should provide…
English Presentation | Causes of Violence English Presentation | Causes of Violence Watch this video on YouTube LELB Lecturer: Sasan Causes of violence in society The major causes of violence in society are complex and multifaceted, often stemming from a combination of social, economic, and psychological factors. Poverty and economic inequality can lead to frustration and…
IELTS Writing Task 2 | Distance Learning IELTS Writing Task 2 | Distance Learning Topic: Although distance learning is receiving so much attention, particularly in the third millennium, some people believe that it will never take the place of face-to-face learning. What is your reaction to this comparison? The Essayist: Arash Nowadays, a lot of…
IELTS Writing Task 2 | Paparazzi IELTS Writing Task 2 | Paparazzi Topic: Wherever high-profile people, such as athletes, entertainers, and other celebrities, show up in public places, a crowd of paparazzi chase them to take photos for commercial purposes. What is your opinion about these independent photographers and their interaction with celebrities? General Information…
Humanistic Language Learning Humanistic Language Learning The best introduction to humanistic learning within language education is Stevick (1997, as cited in Nunan, 2003). He believes that particular classroom techniques matter less than establishing the right emotional climate for the learners. According to Stevick (1990), among different language methods and approaches, Community Language Learning (CLL) seems…
Socio-Educational Model of L2 Learning Socio-Educational Model by Gardner reflects the results of work begun at McGill University in Montreal in the 1950s and still carried on today. Gardner’s model was developed to explain L2 learning in classroom settings, in particular the foreign language classroom. It exists in several versions. The model seeks to interrelate…
Postmethod Pedagogy Postmethod pedagogy allows us to go beyond and overcome the limitations of method-based pedagogy. Within such a broad-based definition, Kumaravadivelu (2003) visualizes postmethod pedagogy as a 3-dimentional system consisting of pedagogic parameters of: Particularity: The parameter of particularity requires that any language pedagogy must be sensitive to a particular group of teachers teaching…