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LEARN I NG HOW TO LE A R N
By Juan Mauricio Giraldo Medina
(MATEFL, Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana – FUNIBER)
Profesional en Estudios Literarios – Universidad Nacional de Colombia
English Teacher I.
E.
D.
Alonso de Olalla, Villeta...
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LEARN I NG HOW TO LE A R N
By Juan Mauricio Giraldo Medina
(MATEFL, Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana – FUNIBER)
Profesional en Estudios Literarios – Universidad Nacional de Colombia
English Teacher I.
E.
D.
Alonso de Olalla, Villeta Cundinamarca
Jotaeme666@gmail.
com
INTRO DU C TI O N
In this essay I discuss the traditional proverb: “Give a man a fish
and he eats for a day, teach him how to fish and he eats for a
lifetime” as applied in the context of strategy training for L2.
I will go
over the idea that teaching English is like “giving a man a fish”,
and that showing him learning strategies, i.
e.
, giving him the
opportunity to realize his own is to teach "how to fish”.
I will argue on
the following points:
- There is a need to recognize the student s learning style when
teaching learning strategies.
- There are no good or bad learning styles and strategies per se.
Finally, I will argue on the cons and pros of strategy training, stating
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