Stimulating Active Learning

1. Stimulating Active Learning Arkady Zilberman, Ph. D. www.language-bridge.com

2. Foreign Language Environment After learning a foreign language for 5+ years and not being able to speak it, adults wrongly assume that they are language-incapable. Although 25% of the population in China is learning English only 0.77% speak English. To solve this problem we need to stimulate active learning and fluency.

3. Foreign Language Environment Every person becomes language-capable! If he learns a foreign language using LB learning paradigm emulating the habits of Digital Learners. Digital Learners perform rapid switching between multiple learning tasks and learn best in an interactive mode – they are learning by teaching themselves.

4. Native Language Environment A child hears the speech sounds (phonemes) of all languages. A child easily learns a few languages and speaks them without an accent. A child associates words in any language with objects directly. For children ALL LANGUAGES are NATIVE.

5. Native Language Environment Adults digest incoming information through the lens of their native language. This subconscious cross-translation hinders formation of the new language speech center in the brain.  For adults only ONE LANGUAGE is NATIVE; it acts as a filter and causes cross-translation.

6. Blended Learning Language Bridge supports blended learning: a combination of self-study and guided learning. LB apps for smart phones cause spontaneous learning: "picking up" English without conscious awareness or memorization.

7. Advantages of LBT • Autonomous spontaneous learning • Support in Native Language • Elimination of cross-translation • Interactive and up to date • Self-testing and quality feedback • Research and self-teaching • Supports interconnectedness • Experiencing the language

8. New Learning Paradigm People do not think in a native language but in a language of thoughts that we need to translate to a native or a foreign language when speaking. Children express the language of thoughts automatically in any language they speak by using direct image-word links.

9. New Learning Paradigm For adults to express thoughts fluently, they need to avoid cross-translation and develop direct image-foreign word links. Simultaneous repetition and special formatting of text eliminate cross-translation, improve visual memory & acquired grammar.

10. New Learning Paradigm Children speak in perfect English without a knowledge of grammar rules. Adults’ brains record patterns resulting in acquired grammar that acts more like a feeling than a memorized set of rules.

11. Learning English Phonemes Children hear phonemes of all languages of their environment (in some cases 3 or 4) and speak them without an accent. Adults lose this ability and don’t recognize foreign language phonemes.

12. Learning English Phonemes LB apps restore the ability to recognize, imitate and produce 45 phonemes of English with the best pronunciation. Individual voice recognition systemcreatedin the course of simultaneous repetition is used outside the LB program for voice-text conversion.

13. Left and Right Brain Left brain: conscious memories – slow & logical. It continually dumps old information to make room for new. Right brain: subconscious memories - visual, non-rational, intuitive and fast. It has unlimited recording capacity. Language Bridge apps activate left and right brain thus stimulating active learning and natural fluency in English.

14. Left and Right Brain Simultaneous reading, listening and speaking activate the left & right brain and preclude cross-translation. A learner imitates the recorded lessons and starts speaking before he has acquired the conversational skill.

15. Unique features Overcome cross-translation and internalize English as most frequently used collocations and expressions. Support in native language ensures untutored learning 24/7. Combined with guided learning it grows into synergy.

16. Unique features Easy incorporation into Language Bridge apps of new learning resources expands specialized professional skills. Adaptable for companies and universities choosing English as the Lingua Franca to help their personnel in acquiring fluency.

17. Unique features Lessons in special English, with the repetition quality control and active vocabulary testing improve fluency, acquired grammar and pronunciation. They support a ‘wireless classroom’ where learners speak 60-80% of the total lesson time while experiencing English context of their choice.

18. Why invest in LB Technology? About 20,000 immigrants successfully learned English in USA in the last 10 years using Language Bridge software protected by two USA patents. LB apps provide best practices for active learning and restoring the innate ability of adults to learn EFL.

19. Why invest in LB Technology? Language Bridge plans to turn the Provisional Patent filed in Dec. 2011 into international patents in China, Korea, Japan and other countries. Multinational companies and national universities discover significant advantages in adopting English as Lingua Franca. They need LB apps to retrain their staff.

20. Why invest in LB Technology? The number of Chinese Internet users is half a billion; half of them learn English. They need modern smart phone/web-based apps to join the world of netizens. Marketing from a bottom up ensures viral success. A million subscribers paying $1/mo. will bring up to $12 million a year. This is a way to introduce new learning paradigm.