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Monday 2 February 2015

Principles of Learning- NEMS

The principles of learning in language classroom is based on certain things. Do you want to know which are these principles? So lets crack our nerves and find it out.

Now lets list out our principles one by one. Prior Knowledge- It means if a child is given a 3 letter word -eg- 'cat' , with her prior knowledge /learning, she will be able to read that word correctly like c/a/t by using phonic sound and we may ask them do you know what that would mean.

Classroom culture-It means the environment in the classroom should be free, safe -eg- If in 4 groups, one group doesn't know to read the word he other group members come forward to assist the first group rather than teasing or laughing on that group. It creates friendly/healthy environment.

Active engagement- It means mind-hand co-ordination i.e.- to enable the child to use his mind to complete the given task. If a group is given a picture of a cat and few jumbled alphabets then by using his mind and hand coordination, they take any 3 alphabets to construct that word.

Now we are aware of 4 principles of learning. So, now how can you implement these principles of learning in your language classroom?

Written by Zahra Lunavadawala from NEMS   

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