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| The Silent Way (SW) is a pedagogical approach to teaching foreign languages invented by Caleb Gattegno in the late 1950s. The language teacher using this approach strives to “subordinate teaching to learning” by reducing the teacher's talking time and increasing students’ voice because the teacher is silent (but not mute!) most of the time and therefore gives more space for the students to express themselves. The silence of the teacher is one of the main characteristics of this approach but a SW teacher can also speak a lot in class. The ultimate goal of any SW teacher is to not hinder the students’ expression and to “let them learn”. The teacher focuses on students’ learning rather than teaching. This is done by avoiding explaining and instead, immersing students in situations that are multimodal (visible and tangible) and where the meaning can be naturally constructed via investigations, experiences, and explorations (following the principles of an inquiry-based approach). When coupled with a concept-driven approach, the SW brings in all the ingredients for students to direct their learning, think at deep and conceptual levels, and enjoy the learning process made of trials and errors. The nature of the SW approach is inquiry-based and learning-focused, it promotes the IB profile and the Approaches to Learning and Teaching. Teachers who have had contact with this pedagogy find it in agreement with the IB framework as it makes the students’ thought processes visible. This approach can solve problems of student disengagement as well as support variability with multi-level and heterogeneous groups. In addition, it promotes the growth of more inclusive classrooms where differentiation and personalization are constantly part of the classroom atmosphere and where students are leaders in their journey of discovery. In this course, we will apply this approach to teaching French as a Foreign Language (or additional/second language, i.e. language acquisition). |
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Session 1 - Why use the Silent Way?
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Session 2 -What is the Silent Way approach?
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Session 3 - How might we implement the Silent Way approach?
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Session 4 - What might be our main takeaways and where do we go from there?
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| Grade 3-12 French language teachers. Other foreign language teachers and ESL/ELL teachers would also benefit from the pedagogical framework. The workshop will be facilitated in English for the presentation part and in French for the practical part. | |||||||||
| Sam Passeport | |||||||||
| Sam is an international Education Consultant (Founder of No Borders Learning) and Researcher in the area of Relational Pedagogies. She started her career as a French (PYP, MYP, DP Language Acquisition) teacher and then moved to Educational Leadership roles in International Schools and later in Higher Education. She co-authored a book, published many articles, and received several awards (2016 Emerging Leader, 2017 Outstanding Young Educator). She currently resides in the Netherlands and frequently consults for international schools around the world. Her doctoral research focused on undergraduate students' engagement with teacher feedback. | |||||||||
| DATES & TIMES: 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th February 2025 Each session is for 2 hours. London 8:00 am | Zurich 9:00 am | Dubai 12:00 pm | India 1:30 pm | Hong Kong 4:00 pm | Melbourne 7:00 pm Please click here to check your time for the workshop This workshop will be not recorded |
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