06.25.13 ~ VanPatten, Epilogue
The epilogue concerns the big "takeaways" VanPatten wants to leave the reader with in regards to SLA and classroom instruction. He talks about the importance of meaningful input, interaction that promotes student thinking, communicative learner production, meaning-based grammar instruction, and having reasonable expectations of your students. I have to say that after reading this entire book, I absolutely have to agree with everything VanPatten is saying here. Most of what he said throughout the book mirrored my own experiences as a language teacher as well. Although I had no formal teacher education before teaching English classes in Japan, I tried my very best to make my classes as meaning-based as possible, and I am very pleased to see that I had the right instincts.
The epilogue concerns the big "takeaways" VanPatten wants to leave the reader with in regards to SLA and classroom instruction. He talks about the importance of meaningful input, interaction that promotes student thinking, communicative learner production, meaning-based grammar instruction, and having reasonable expectations of your students. I have to say that after reading this entire book, I absolutely have to agree with everything VanPatten is saying here. Most of what he said throughout the book mirrored my own experiences as a language teacher as well. Although I had no formal teacher education before teaching English classes in Japan, I tried my very best to make my classes as meaning-based as possible, and I am very pleased to see that I had the right instincts.
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