Mario Rinvolucri's teaching method of imagination expanding questions.
In the humanistic approach to language teaching, the emphasis is on the learner as a whole person, rather than just the use of language. So let me show how it works. You take a simple text and it works as a springboard for conversation and creativity. Let's use a classic nursery rhyme: Tom Tom, the pipers son, stole a pig... Here I suggest asking learners some mind expanding questions like 'How old is Tom?', or 'Is the boy happy, mischievous?', or even 'Where is a shepherd out there in the rhyme?' It's all about imagination and interpretations. And the key here is that there are no right answers. It makes the language feel warmer, more personal, learners centred and less Like distant code, they're trying to crack. Just so you know, the term 'a pig' in the rhyme I just recited refers to simply 'a bun' or 'a croissant'🤭.
In the humanistic approach to language teaching, the emphasis is on the learner as a whole person, rather than just the use of language. So let me show how it works. You take a simple text and it works as a springboard for conversation and creativity. Let's use a classic nursery rhyme: Tom Tom, the pipers son, stole a pig... Here I suggest asking learners some mind expanding questions like 'How old is Tom?', or 'Is the boy happy, mischievous?', or even 'Where is a shepherd out there in the rhyme?' It's all about imagination and interpretations. And the key here is that there are no right answers. It makes the language feel warmer, more personal, learners centred and less Like distant code, they're trying to crack. Just so you know, the term 'a pig' in the rhyme I just recited refers to simply 'a bun' or 'a croissant'🤭.