Target Fluency: Leading Edge Foreign Language Teaching Techniques
by Michael Hager
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Target Fluency is full of practical and effective tips for educators at all levels to help students think, speak, learn, and create in a foreign language. Tying in the principles of Neurolinguistics, Target Fluency is specifically written for practical classroom use -- it shows how to tailor projects, arrange the classroom, prepare lessons, and use advanced verbal and nonverbal communication skills to guide each student toward competency in their target language. Learn specific teaching techniques to: -- Understand your students' individual learning styles and strategies -- Discover and create optimal states for learning -- Use the "As if" approach to integrate new concepts -- Use guided imagery, visualization, relaxation and group role play exercises -- Use "Timelines" to teach past, present and future tenses -- Turn student errors into successful, fun practice -- Use artwork for "whole brain" learning