About the concept of “Noticing”, I never had heard it before but it is a complex process where involves the intakes of meaning and form. When I was in school I think that teacher used to focus more in form that in meaning, for example the structures of grammar the verb tenses but they left apart the meaning so what did happened is that at the end most of the us forgot easily what we learnt.
Do adults and children learn 2 in the same way?
I think they don’t, because the level of anxiety is different, the same as the motivation, the needs ext… For example when a child learns L2 most of the time it is imposed by the school but at the same time they are willing to try, to make mistakes. On the other hand when adults learn L2 is because they want, some of the structures they will known them well but the anxiety it is a issue.
Can we teach a language or can we learn language?
I think that both of them are needed. We need someone to teach us the language, to guide us but at the same time we must be willing to learn the language if not the work is useless.
How is your language to be learned sequenced in your current teaching context or place of work.
It is followed step by step and it depends on the age of the learner and also their needs.
What if anything can we learn from looking at past methodologies.
I think that we have to analyze the strength and weakness of each of the methodologies already seen and take the best of each one of them.
Nice point about being willing to learn. I think that is a key factor. In your experience, are most students willing to learn and what factors make them less willing to learn? Is learning a conscious process?
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