659. No one is perfect




One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “I could tell you many things I’ve read in H. D. Brown, a brilliant expert in teaching/learning languages, an Emeritus Professor in the State University of San Francisco. I don’t know anything about him lately, anyway. I owe him a lot.



Now I’m going to read something that might be useful to you, teacher, and to your students. Even more in these latter ones’ case. The quotation is from his book, published in 1989, A Practical Guide to Language Learning. A Fifteen-Week Program of Strategies for Success. Any learner can be concerned or worried about the errors or mistakes he or she might commit, and sometimes they keep quiet, as you know. Listen - it’s addressed to learners: ‘You simply must convince yourself that mistakes aren’t signs of weakness or failure. They’re natural patterns of learning.’ These lines are from page 18 in his book.



Take this note and read it carefully.” / Photo from: empireonline com. Buzzlightyear, from Toy Story. I think this picture is from the first movie. By Pixar.

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