The Future Of Learning - The Michel Thomas Method

THE FUTURE OF LEARNING: The Michel Thomas Method (2008)......Page 1
DEDICATION......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 8
Forward: HOW THIS BOOK CAME ABOUT......Page 10
01: MICHEL THOMAS: A REMARKABLE MAN WITH A GRAND MISSION......Page 17
02: THE MESSAGE: THOSE WHO \"GET IT\"AND THOSE WHO DON\'T AND THOSE WHO NEVER WILL .........Page 21
03: MICHEL THOMAS:A BIOGRAPHICAL VIGNETTE......Page 32
04: EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY:THE DELICATE LINK......Page 46
THE UNEDUCATED MASSES......Page 49
IS IT DIFFERENT TODAY?......Page 52
MICHEL\'S GERMANY......Page 59
MIND CONTROL - APPEALING TO THE MASSES......Page 60
THE CONSEQUENCES OF NONACTION......Page 63
05: THE MIND PRISON: THE FAILURE OF OUR CURRENT DIS-EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM......Page 69
SENTENCING OUR CHILDREN TO THE MIND PRISONT......Page 70
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH......Page 75
THE INNA TE DRIVE FOR LEARNING......Page 84
FROM ZERO POINT TO OVERWHELMING SUCCESS......Page 88
THE MYTHS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING......Page 89
SPECIAL, INFLUENTIAL TEACHERS: MAKING A DIFFERENCE......Page 93
06: THE MICHEL THOMAS METHOD: THE MASTER TEACHER\'S MODEL......Page 101
WHAT IS A METHOD?......Page 102
OVERVIEW: STRUCTURE OF COURSE CONTENT......Page 104
COURSE OBJECTIVES......Page 107
MICHEL MAGIC IN THE ROOM......Page 108
INITIAL FRAMES......Page 110
INITIAL FRAMES......Page 111
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - EASE OF LEARNING......Page 113
A UNIQUE LEARNING AMBIANCE......Page 115
REAL TEACHING VERSUS LECTURING......Page 116
THE ELIMINATION OF ALL TENSION......Page 118
TRADITIONAL DEMANDS OF LEARNING......Page 121
THE PARADOX OF TRYING......Page 123
THE SECRET OF REMEMBERING......Page 128
THE TRUTH ABOUT MEMORY......Page 132
THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING......Page 134
UNDERSTANDING......Page 137
IMPRINTING......Page 140
WHY THE DISTINCTION OF KNOWLEDGE BASED ON UNDERSTANDING WORKS IN THE MICHELTHOMAS METHOD......Page 142
NO PERFORMANCE ANXIETY......Page 143
MICHEL\'S PROBLEMS......Page 144
THE ANNOYANCE FACTOR NOT ALLOWED......Page 146
THE INNATE DRIVE FOR LEARNING......Page 149
EXCITEMENT......Page 150
FRAMES AT THE END OF THE DAY......Page 151
FRAMES AT THE END OF THE DAY......Page 152
CONTENT......Page 153
START WITH WHAT THE STUDENT ALREADY KNOWS......Page 154
HAVE A SHARPENED AWARENESS OF ONE\'S OWN LANGUAGE......Page 157
LEARN TO SPEAK GRAMMATICALLY CORRECTLY......Page 160
LEARN IT CORRECTLY THE FIRST TIME......Page 171
VERB TENSES ARE THE HEART OF THE LANGUAGE......Page 174
MICHEL\'S \"HANDLES\"......Page 175
EXPLANATIONS AND HEURISTICS......Page 176
GOING INTO THE WOODS (WOULDS) WITH MICHEL......Page 179
MICHEL\'S \"WINGS\"......Page 180
GENERALIZA TION......Page 184
THE MASTER TEACHER AT WORK......Page 189
TEACHER SELECTION AND TRAINING......Page 192
CHUNKING AND SEQUENCING......Page 197
MICHEL\'S SECRET......Page 200
LAYERING......Page 202
BLOCK TEACHING......Page 205
DRAMATIC DELIVERY......Page 212
GESTICULATION AND EXPRESSION......Page 220
GESTURE ANCHORS: A POWERFUL TOOLBOX......Page 221
MISUNDERSTANDING......Page 224
CALIBRATION SKILLS......Page 225
GROUP DYNAMICS - ESPRIT DE CLASSE......Page 227
MENTALLY REACHING......Page 234
REMEDIATION AND METACOGNITION......Page 236
TEACHING OTHER SUBJECTS: GENERAL PARAMETERS......Page 241
MICHEL\'S HORIZONTAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 243
TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE......Page 252
LEARNING FROM THE MASTER TEACHER......Page 258
INITIAL FRAMES......Page 261
07: THEORY AND PRACTICE: THE WAR BETWEEN THE TWO......Page 266
AN APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION......Page 267
HOW PEOPLE LEARN......Page 269
LEARNING WITH UNDERSTANDING......Page 272
THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF PRE-EXISTING KNOWLEDGE......Page 279
META-COGNITION......Page 285
TRANSFER PROBLEM......Page 289
ACCELERATED LEARNING......Page 294
TAPE LEARNING......Page 297
CONCLUSION......Page 299
THE SYSTEM......Page 301
TEACHERS......Page 307
THE BENEFITS OF COOPERATION AND COORDINATION......Page 310
PARENTS......Page 311
STUDENTS......Page 316
09: MICHEL THOMAS: A UNIQUE PROFILE THE DIFFERENCE THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE......Page 321
SAMENESS......Page 324
QUALIFIED DIFFERENCE......Page 325
DIFFERENCE......Page 326
MICHEL THE GOOD MISMATCHER......Page 327
MICHEL THOMAS: A TRUE DIFFERENCE PERSON......Page 328
GETTING TO KNOW ME......Page 330
MICHEL THOMAS CREATOR AND TEACHER......Page 347
THE EXTERNAL EVALUATION PEOPLE PATTERN......Page 349
MICHEL: HIS OWN ULTIMATE DECISION MAKER......Page 350
THE MOTIVATION PEOPLE PATTERN......Page 351
THE MASTER TEACHER AND HIS INCENTIVE BASED LEARNING......Page 352
THE PERCEPTUAL SOURCE PEOPLE PATTERN......Page 354
MICHEL: THE BALANCED ONE......Page 355
THE SCOPE AND DEPTH OF MICHEL THOMAS, THE MASTER TEACHER......Page 357
THE DECISION PEOPLE PATTERN......Page 359
MAKING SENSE OF MICHEL......Page 361
10: MICHEL\'S MODEL SCHOOLS: DREAM OR REALITY......Page 364
MICHEL\'S DREAM TEAM......Page 367
THE QUEST CONTINUED......Page 372
11: MICHEL THOMAS\' TEACHING TRIUMPHS: THE RULE RATHER THAN THE EXCEPTION......Page 379
INNER CITY MIRACLE......Page 381
MICHEL\'S VIEW OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION......Page 388
THE SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE......Page 391
AIR CANADA......Page 393
PRIVATES AND OFFICERS SIDE BY SIDE......Page 394
MICHEL\'S METHOD FINDS A HOME IN CANADIAN HOUSES OF LEARNING......Page 396
THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH......Page 397
SUCCESS IN LOS ANGELES SCHOOL DISTRICTS......Page 398
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY......Page 399
THE RAND CORPORATION......Page 400
\"FIRST BILINGUAL STAFF WEST OF THE BRONX\"......Page 401
MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION......Page 402
THE BEVERLY HILLS SCHOOL SYSTEM......Page 403
UCLA......Page 404
TEACHING FEMALE INMATES......Page 407
TRAIN TEACHING......Page 408
ENDORSEMENTS FROM THE PRESS......Page 409
WHAT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SAY .........Page 411
OTHER TEACHERS......Page 416
12: CONCLUSION......Page 417
APPENDIX A: ADVANCED BEHAVIORAL MODELING TECHNOLOGY......Page 423
APPENDIX B: MICHEL\'S LANGUAGE COURSES......Page 427
DIFFERENCES IN THE METHOD BETWEEN TAPES AND PERSONAL TEACHING......Page 429
APPENDIX C: PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS......Page 432
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 438
INDEX......Page 441