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  Podcast interview with professor Mark A. McDaniel Mark A. McDaniel is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences (1980 Ph.D., University of Colorado), and the founding Co-Director of the Center for Integrative Research on Cognition, Learning, and Education (CIRCLE) at Washington University in St. Louis.  McDaniel is internationally known for his work in the application of cognitive psychological principles to education. Over the past 35 years he has published numerous papers related to education, including topics such as pre-questions, discovery learning, feedback, mental models, analogical learning, and classroom studies on testing effects. McDaniel has developed a number of other research foci in the general area of human learning and memory, including projects investigating the learning processes by which people acquire complex concepts. An important aspect of this work is exploring individual differences in the tendency for learners to focus on abstraction versus learning of examples when attempting to acquire complex concepts. McDaniel has published over 270 articles, chapters, and books in the area of human learning and memory The post Podcast Interview With Professor Mark A. McDaniel appeared first on EFL Magazine.

Hugh Dellar Discusses The Lexical Method As part of our series on The Lexical Method to English language teaching, Hugh Dellar discusses The Lexical Method with Ger Counihan   Lexical Lab is Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley. They met at University of Westminster in 1997 and have worked closely as teachers, trainers and materials writers since then. They have written two five-level General English coursebook series for National Geographic Learning: Innovations (which was twice nominated for a British Council ELTON award) and Outcomes. They have also produced an online Teacher Development course called Teaching Lexically and are currently working on a methodology book of the same name for DELTA Publishing. Hugh and Andrew have recently opened ‘London Language Lab’ which offers 4 and 8 week courses in July and August, with 20 lessons a week. The course is focused on teaching large amounts of vocabulary, with the emphasis being on listening and speaking. “Our summer classes will teach you a large amount of vocabulary and show you how to use it with grammar. While you can expect to do some reading and writing on the course, the summer classes place a greater emphasis on developing Speaking and Listening. You will be guaranteed one of our experienced teachers who will respond to your language needs as they teach you through our usual mix of intelligent conversation, humour and real-life tasks.” General English course to improve your social, professional and academic English. We will teach you a large amount of vocabulary and show you how to use it with grammar. GENERAL ENGLISH 15 plus LONDON CULTURE – One extra classroom-based lesson on an aspect of London culture and society every Monday followed by a related visit to an area or sight in London accompanied by the teacher.   GENERAL ENGLISH 15 plus IELTS – Three hours of additional lessons a week preparing students for the IELTS academic exam. While you will get to understand all aspects of the exam through these lessons, the main focus will be developing writing skills and additional work on academic vocabulary.     The post Hugh Dellar Discusses The Lexical Method appeared first on EFL Magazine.