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Learning Styles, from “good learner” to “effective learner”

Posted on 14 December 2019 (27 March 2020) by IC-English

In 1975, Joan Rubin proposed a profile of the good language learner, with the following characteristics (as adapted by Naiman et al, 1996, p. 228): The good language learner is a willing and accurate guesser. The good language learner has a strong drive to communicate, or to learn from communication. He is willing to do many things to get his message across. The good language learner is often not inhibited. He is willing to appear […]

Kolb’s effective learning cycle

Posted on 18 April 2019 (19 March 2020) by IC-English

DO YOU KNOW KOLB’S EFFECTIVE LEARNING CYCLE? According to David A. Kolb the learning cycle involves four stages. These are: concrete learning, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation. Effective learning can be seen when the learner progresses through the cycle. The learner can also enter the cycle at any stage of the cycle with logical sequence. All our intellectual outputs will be consistent with this theory. The selection of exercises is based on the […]

Few words about learning styles

Posted on 25 March 2019 (28 March 2019) by IC-English

Hello there! We would like to share with you some knowledge about the learning styles used in our method. The learning styles were developed by Peter Honey and Alan Mumford, based upon the work of Kolb, and they identified four distinct learning styles or preferences: Empiricist, Analyst, Pragmatist and Theoretician. These are the learning approaches that individuals naturally prefer and they recommend that in order to maximise one’s own personal learning each learner ought to […]

2nd Transnational Project Meeting

Posted on 11 February 2019 (28 March 2019) by IC-English

From February 6th to 8th, at the COFAC main office in Lisbon, the 2nd International Project Meeting was held. The meeting was attended by representatives of the partner organizations, experts and heads of technical teams. In total, there were 15 people. During the meeting, issues related to the substantive content of the training programs were discussed in detail. Experts prepared and discussed the proposals for training plans for individual levels of advancement (A1, A2 and […]

3… 2… 1… and we’re starting with the project!

Posted on 1 December 2018 (28 March 2019) by admin

We are pleased to inform you that we have officially launched the “IC-English” project. On November 29-30, at the main office of the Coordinator – Euro-Forum – the Kick-Off meeting took place, attended by representatives of all organizations involved in the project. The meeting was accompanied by a discussion on the planned shape and scope of the project results as well as detailed characteristics of the target groups. We have also analyzed the Council Recommendation […]