TOPIC: TEACHING WITHOUT THEACHING BY ROBERTO GUZMAN

In this talk Roberto discusses his three phase system which he uses to teach English without teaching English, to improve the learning experience for students and the teaching practice for professors.

Roberto mentioned about the importance of the analyzing, to synthesis and evaluate and think in a new language, he developed a system called Teaching without Teaching English which evolve into the language whenever they listen a conversation, tape and they have to identify if the people are specific when they are talking about that can help in the develop of comprehension, the second one is detect logical fallacies that can make the reasoning process, and the last one is identify levels of cognition. Roberto mentioned about that one important thing in his way of teaching is let his students to make mistakes in order to provide a better learning, and also let them use Spanglish, and also to have an idea of a word or about how to pronounce it after a time students will start to learning, thinking and speaking in English spontaneously and also they realize that they can make mistakes and learning in this way.

The only way of learning is understanding the language is a wonderful living thing and also that there is no way that someone can learn a language by simply memorizing rules by concentrating only in grammar but also when students are comfortable making mistakes the exchange in the classroom become so much more dynamic.

WHAT IS THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK?

The theoretical framework is presented in the early section of a dissertation and provides the rationale for conducting your research to investigate a particular research problem.

Consider the theoretical framework as a conceptual model that establishes a sense of structure that guides your research. It provides the background that supports your investigation and offers the reader a justification for your study of a particular research problem. It includes the variables you intend to measure and the relationships you seek to understand. Essentially, this is where you describe a “theory” and build your case for investigating that theory.

The development of the theoretical framework helps to clarify your implicit theory in a manner that is more clearly defined.  It helps you to consider other possible frameworks and to reduce biases that may sway your interpretation. The theoretical framework is how you conceptualize the nature of your research problem, its basis and the analysis you will choose to investigate that problem. This framework determines how you perceive, make sense of, and interpret your data.