EDU 13.2 Unit 1
Semester III : EDU 13.2 – Emerging Trends and Practices in English Language Education E K Jijan, Asst. Professor Mount Tabor Training College Pathanapuram * ekjijan@gmail.com * 2016 01 Unit 1 : Modern Instructional Strategies in English Education n Collaborative and Co-operative learning Learning is the act of acquiring new, or modifying and reinforcing, existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. Our ideas about the role of talking in the classroom have changed radically over the years. We no longer consider that a 'good' classroom is necessarily a quiet one; we understand that learning is frequently most effective when learners have the opportunity to think and talk together, to discuss ideas, question, analyze and solve problems, without the constant mediation of the teacher. Most of our thinking has been heavily influenced by the work of Lev Vy...