Teacher Talking Time

Paul Nation on the Four Strands, 27 years later


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Paul Nation is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Victoria and a renowned author and scholar in our industry. He joins us for a discussion on learning, putting research into practice, and - of course - the four strands 27 years later. 

Paul touches specifically on:

  • his vocabulary niche
  • the birth of the four strands
  • how it's a basis for course construction, not lesson design
  • how he learned Greek on a 2 hour flight
  • why teachers who activate extensive reading in class are brave
  • why teachers need to believe that by not teaching, people can learn
  • the only 3 things that matter in learning
  • if there is a fifth strand
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