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Impact on Your Classroom and Your Teaching 
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vironment has a powerful impact on their 
learning. This principle raises interesting questions for you. When you first visited your school you might 
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get posters of the United States from the USIS office? Could your family send you pictures of someone like 
Bruce Springsteen or Michael Jackson? Do you have artists in your classes who could illustrate the writings 
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rmally sit on the floor at home, consider bringing in mats to 
our next story telling class and asking your class to settle themselves comfortably on the floor to listen. You 
ay also want to bring your tape recorder to the class and to play music in the background. These features 
topedia are easy to imitate, and by introducing them into your classroom you will add enjoyment 
nd novelty to your lessons. 
have them work through a set of audiolingual pattern drills which illustrate the 
feature. After they have done the drills, ask for volunteers to try to state the rule. If they have trouble 
a tape recording of a 
short passage (two to three minutes at most), and ask for guesses about the meaning of the words. Have 
apologies, compliments, and the like. Such materials are particularly useful in one-
on-one tutoring situations. 
f the distinguishing features of the various types of communicative language teaching is that they 
emphasize the use of language in realistic ways. As you go about your daily routines, be on the alert for 
room activities which will motivate your students and allow them to demonstrate their use 
f English in real life tasks. 
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ry to students using this method. It is especially effective with young 
arners but also useful in action sequences with adults. For example, any time you teach directions, 
ill improve both 
omprehension and retention. TPR activities are also a good way to break up a session in which students 
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hniques from the Natural Approach for the teaching of vocabulary. Decide on key 
ocabulary terms to be taught during the presentation phase of the lesson and plan how you will put 
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mselves as successful people in their new identities, with exciting jobs and a good standing in the 
munity. 
e of the main principles of Suggestopedia is that the learners' en
ve been very conscious that the bareness of classroom walls contrasted strongly with your memories of 
erican schools, where typically the walls are filled with pictures, collages, and examples of students' 
rk. But maybe by now you are used to the bareness of the walls. The next time you walk into your school, 
to look at it with new eyes. Are you passing up the chance to visually stimulate your students? Can you 
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