STAGE

PROCEDURE

PRINCIPLES

OBJECTIVES

TEXT COLLECTION

Find or create potentially engaging texts (written or spoken)

Affective engagement is a prerequisite for durable learning.

To build a library of texts with the potential for engaging learners.

TEXT SELECTION

Select a text suitable in level and theme for your target learners.

Text need to be matched with learners.

To find a text with the potential for useful engagement for the target learners.

TEXT EXPERIENCE

Read or listen to the text experientially.

Apprehension should come before comprehension.

To start from an experience which you can try to help the learners to approximate.

READINESS ACTIVITIES

Devise activities which could help the learners achieve mental readiness for experiencing the text.

Experiencing a text is a multidimensional process involving sensory imaging, inner speech and the establishment of affective and cognitive connections.

To help the learners to experience a target language text in the multidimensional way they would automatically use when experiencing a L1 text.

EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES

Devise whilst-reading or listening activities which help de learners to process the text in an experiential way.

L2 learners tend to process a text in a studial way in an insecure attempt to achieve total comprehension.

To help the learners to move away from their tendency to study texts so that they can engage with the text instead experientially.