This semester I have been studying linguistics with Jesse, a classmate. This has been really valuable in helping us both to understand the material better. We started meeting during the phonetics unit. During this unit we needed to memorize the phonetic alphabet and learn how to read different things that were phonetically written. When we were doing workbook pages it was really helpful to have that second pair of ears to listen while we were trying to figure out what was written.
I am finding out in a concrete way that the best way for me to learn something is not by reading about it, but by talking about it with someone else or just trying it out. I have found out over the years that it doesn’t matte how much i read about something to find out how to do it, I need to try it out. Talking about linguistics and having someone question me makes a connection that just reading about the topic does not.
Jesse, who I study with, is very dyslexic and I am learning some interesting methods he uses to help him overcome this disability. This is really important to think about when I teach. It is very important to use different methods to cover one topic. The use of a combination of verbal, visual, and hands-on is critical when working with kids, especially when you have kids that are new language learners or learning disabled.
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