Basic knowledge every language teacher has to know.

[@Alec72HD]

I spent 7+ years learning a second language the conventional way, some in school and some as individual hobby. And even though i did well in school, realistically my final level was barely a beginner. (As was confirmed by a comprehensive test) Then as a 19 year old i was a part of this experiment. I was placed in a foreign military academy with very strict guidelines. Foreign students were only allowed to use L2, it was absolute 100% immersion 24/7. (Kinda similar to Middlebury Language school or French Foreign Legion approach) And even though i was already an adult, i learned a second language to a near native level within a year. I could physically feel the development of a second language. And obviously i wasn't studying a second language exclusively, I was learning science, engineering, humanities, doing sports. I was having a rich learning experience while acquiring a second language at a rate that seemed magical. There are very important conditions that allow adults to learn on par with immigrant kids. One condition really. Temporarily abstain from native language and dedicate the remaining time to a second language. Regarding delibete study of grammar. Nobody was teaching me any of that. Well, I had a tutor for a few sessions, but then a school decided to forgo tutoring because our progress was too fast to keep track of. Yes, our progress, because there were 5 of us. And we all exhibited remarkable rates of improvement. We were physically separated in different battalions (dorms) and we weren't allowed to communicate. As far as explicit knowledge of L2 grammar, I FORGOT everything I knew as a beginner. I ACQUIRED grammar the same way native speakers do and I was reasonably grammatically correct. A Grammatically correct sentence SOUNDS right, incorrect sounds funny. I don't know any of textbook grammar explanations. That being said, studying L2 grammar ENTIRELY in L2 at a more advanced level could be a USEFUL tool, though not entirely necessary. Studying L2 grammar (or vocabulary) using L1 is a colossal waste of time.

[@KashifKashi-vm3rd]

Very fine views

[@izeducationcenter726]

Another fantastic session by Jeff McQuillan on language acquisition vs language learning and the prominent theories of Professor Krashen in Applied Linguistics.

[@MustafaTabatabaee]

So dear Dr.Jeff ,how far shall we go in terms of correction productively?

[@MustafaTabatabaee]

This is Mr.Taba from Iran,dear Dr.Jeff ,so what shall we do dealing with oral errors and mistakes as a teacher?

[@Amirhossein8844]

Jeff McQuillan never ceases to share his insight and knowledge with us and we are so thankful to him for that!

[@zenequation]

I want to be a master of linguistics with Dr Jeff as my tutor but I found he’s retired from being a professor at school