Teaching Foreign Languages

Teaching Foreign Languages

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  • Author: Erhard Dahl
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781782501206
  • Category : Language and languages
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

A useful handbook for anyone interested in how Waldorf schools teach foreign languages. At one level, the teaching and learning of foreign languages has its own set of skills and challenges for teacher and student. In Steiner-Waldorf schools, however, the guiding principle of language teaching is constant: to engage with all aspects of the student -- his or her experiences, personality and movement -- to help the student connect deeply with the foreign language. Erhard Dahl, an experienced language teacher, here offers a wealth of insight into how Steiner-Waldorf schools approach foreign language teaching, including English as a Foreign Language in non-English speaking countries. He shows clearly how pupils develop vocabulary and grammar, and learn to read in the foreign language. He explores the different approaches needed for Classes 1 to 4, where, for example, imitation can be used, to the older years, where speech becomes more individual and independent. He addresses common issues, such as questions from parents about the speed of their child's language acquisition, what to do about exams, and whether to use a textbook. This will be a useful handbook for anyone interested in how Waldorf schools undertake the teaching of foreign languages.


Foreign Language Teaching in Rudolf Steiner Schools

Foreign Language Teaching in Rudolf Steiner Schools

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  • Author: Michael Stott
  • Publisher: Hawthorn Press
  • ISBN: 9781869890704
  • Category : Languages, Modern
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

This book is intended for foreign language teachers interested in the approaches used in Rudolf Steiner schools, and also classroom teachers who teach foreign languages. Chapters address these issues: what the language lesson is to achieve; how the language lesson differs from other lessons; lesson design; examples of actual lessons; avoiding the use of English; vocabulary development; approaching grammar instruction; using language terminology in the classroom; insisting on a complete sentence; reading instruction; classroom techniques for introducing new materials; blackboard use; homework; integrating new students; ability grouping; the class timetable; and syllabus design. A series of brief plays to be performed by students, in French and German, is also included, as is a teacher's guide to "Utopie." Contains 34 references to instructional materials and other resources. (MSE)


The Roadmap to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Schools Grades 1 Through 3

The Roadmap to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Schools Grades 1 Through 3

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  • Author: Janet Langley
  • Publisher: Mill City Press, Incorporated
  • ISBN: 9781545660232
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 628


Understanding Waldorf Education

Understanding Waldorf Education

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  • Author: Jack Petrash
  • Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
  • ISBN: 1458767531
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 242

Written by a teacher with more than 25 years of experience, this book offers a jargon-free view of Waldorf education and its philosophy of the importance of a three-dimensional education. Through learning experiences that involve all of the senses, children use a variety of intelligences to develop thought, feeling, and intentional, purposeful activity. Whether you're Waldorf parent or teacher, or you just want to learn more about these innovative educational concepts, this book contains important ideas on learning that you can apply today.


The Art of Foreign Language Teaching

The Art of Foreign Language Teaching

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  • Author: Peter Lutzker
  • Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
  • ISBN: 3772052436
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 486

This study explores and develops the idea that foreign language teaching can be an art. This encompasses both considering the meaning of artistry in language teaching as well as the possibilities which artistic processes offer pupils in language learning. The first part focuses on the in-service education of language teachers in theatre and improvisation workshops, the second part examines pupils rehearsing and performing a full length play in a foreign language. Thus, this work views the fields of language teacher education and foreign language learning within a common conceptual framework.


One approach to early foreign language learning

One approach to early foreign language learning

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  • Author: Linda Moehle-Vieregge
  • Publisher:
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  • Category : Language and languages
  • Languages : de
  • Pages : 182


Practical Advice to Teachers

Practical Advice to Teachers

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  • Author: Rudolf Steiner
  • Publisher: SteinerBooks
  • ISBN: 0880108533
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 228

A seer "sees' more than meets the eye, using the eyes of the soul along with the physical eyes. As all seeing is a form of cognition, higher seeing is the key to higher cognition or knowing. For human beings the spiritual world is hidden deep within the disguise of the world available to the senses and deep within the human psyche, and human consciousness, enmeshed as it usually is in the physical senses, cannot easily be aware of both worlds. The human soul is the link between the physical sense-imbued body and direct experience of the spirit, because it has the latent ability to focus consciousness into any number of levels. The ability to determine the focus of awareness is our great gift and our great challenge. In this practical and accessible guidebook, Dennis Klocek, building on the alchemical tradition and the Western path of initiation developed by Rudolf Steiner, shows how the soul's latent ability can be awakened by conscious acts of will and rhythmical practices. The practices begin wherever we are in our everyday lives and take the seeker through the levels of concentration--the ability to create and hold an inner image; contemplation--the ability to transform the image and make it dynamic; and meditation--the ability to reverse the image, or think it backward into inner silence. After presenting the practical exercises, along with commentary, that identify and lay out the steps, Klocek shows us how the path can be followed through to an understanding of a seemingly impenetrable alchemical image of the soul's journey as he guides us up the Alchemical Mountain to heartfelt thinking. Through such a journey, it becomes possible for human beings to live as spiritual beings among other spiritual beings. For those who are serious about developing faculties of higher knowing and seeing, The Seer's Handbook is a unique, practical, and friendly handbook of exercises, meditations, and insightful commentary that will guide both beginners and more advanced students along the path to higher worlds.


Education as a Force for Social Change

Education as a Force for Social Change

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  • Author: Rudolf Steiner
  • Publisher: SteinerBooks
  • ISBN: 0880108517
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 276

These dazzling, radical lectures were given one month before the opening of the first Waldorf School--following two years of intense preoccupation with the social situation in Germany as World War I ended and society sought to rebuild itself. Well aware of the dangerous tendencies present in modern culture that undermine a true social life--such as psychic torpor and boredom, universal mechanization, and a growing cynicism--Steiner recognized that any solution must address not only economic and legal issues but also that of a free spiritual life. Steiner also saw the need to properly nurture in children the virtues of imitation, reverence, and love at the appropriate stages of development in order to create mature adults who are inwardly prepared to fulfill the demands of a truly healthy society--adults who are able to assume the responsibilities of freedom, equality, and brotherhood. Relating these themes to an understanding of the human as a threefold being of thought, feeling, and volition, and against the background of historical forces at work in human consciousness, Steiner lays the ground for a profound revolution in the ways we think about education. Also included here are three lectures on the social basis of education, a lecture to public school teachers, and a lecture to the workers of the Waldorf Astoria Cigarette Company, after which they asked him to form a school for their children. German sources: Die Erziehungsfrage als soziale Frage (GA 296); lectures 4, 5, and 6, the "Volkspädagogik" lectures in Geisteswissenschaftliche Behandlung sozialer und pädagogischer Fragen (GA 192); lectures 2 and 11, Neugestaltung des sozialen Organismus (GA 330-331).


Teaching Mathematics in Rudolf Steiner Schools

Teaching Mathematics in Rudolf Steiner Schools

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  • Author: Ron Jarman
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781869890926
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

A resource book for Waldorf teachers which covers the Class 1 to 8 Steiner-Waldorf maths curriculum. Features include: " ... how arithmetic can be introduced effectively in the early years so you can start teaching with confidence ... Draws number work from everyday life to stimulate children's interest and enthusiasm ... Gives examples for you to devise your own exercises ... Indicates how mixed ability teaching can be improved ... Relates maths to other subjects and to children's development."


Steiner Waldorf Pedagogy in Schools

Steiner Waldorf Pedagogy in Schools

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  • Author: Martyn Rawson
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000390861
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 172

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Steiner or Waldorf pedagogy and practice in schools. Drawing on key research, it traces the origins of Steiner education from the original Waldorf school and shows how this approach has since been adapted and applied in educational settings around the world. Outlining the educational philosophy of Steiner education, the book considers its unique features, such as its commitment to a pedagogical anthropology that takes the whole developing human being into account – body, mind and spirit – and the developmental approach that arises out of this. It sets out the specific curriculum and teaching approach alongside vignettes of teaching and learning situations adopted in Steiner educational settings to show how the approach works in practice. Offering a critical perspective on this teaching style, Rawson examines the contributions that Steiner education has made in different cultures and looks towards future developments in China and other Asian countries. Considering all aspects of Steiner education, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the fundamental elements of this approach and its continuing relevance within the educational landscape.