Description
Have you ever wondered why teens get so peer conscious, whether introversion is more than just shyness, or why some teachers take a nurturing and others take a tough love approach? Have you ever speculated on whether touching your learners’ hearts might be beneficial for learning, or how you should deal with AI in the language classroom? If so, this course, on the neuroscience of language learning, might be just the right one for you. We guarantee that you’ll often be surprised, amazed, and sometimes moved. So please join our closely-bound community of caring teachers that see language learning from the brain’s perspective.
The easy-to-understand Neuroscience of Language Learning 2 course is a continuation of the first course. In the first course, we explored the neuroscience and psychology of the social brain, the language brain, and the learning brain, with the second course building on that understanding. The first module on the developing brain will examine how our brains and abilities change from childhood to adulthood, and how that determines what we should teach. The second module on the neurodiverse brain will look at different kinds of brains and how that affects learning. The third module on the teaching brain will explore the psychology behind different approaches, teacher self-care, and dealing with difficult learners. And as in the first course, the last module will offer language teaching methods and brain-compatible teaching.
The course offers videos you can watch at your own rate, heart-warming stories, live sessions, sharing takeaways, and optional assignments and progress quizzes.
Four modules will be covered during this 6-week course:
The Developing Brain
The Neurodiverse Brain
The Teaching Brain
Language Teaching Methods and Brain-Compatible Teaching
Course Orientation live session: March 22. One live session at 04:00 UTC (Check your local time)
After that, there will be two live session times each week to best include all of the time zones represented by members.
Dates for live sessions: March 28, April 5, 12, 19, 26, and May 3
