Study Techniques You Should Teach Your Language Students

You are confident that the scope and sequence of your lessons, and that your lesson plans are well structured. You know that your preparation will get your language students meeting your the learning objectives, as long as they do what you say.

Then, why do you need to teach your language students how to study?

Well, there are two principal reasons. First, most of your student will not do everything you tell them to. So you need to teach them the best actions to take while acting with a degree of autonomy.

Second, and possibly most important, there is a long road to take when gaining proficiency in any language. Take a look at the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, and you’ll see that so much learning and practical application goes into the 11 levels of leading to error-free language production.

The next question is, what can you tell your students they can do outside of class to work toward language proficiency? This article will give a few great ideas to get started.

Duolingo

Yes, I am starting this list of study practices with an app. Specifically, I am recommending Duolingo because they are dedicated to studying languages in a fun and no-stress way. If your students are just getting started with learning the language…