{"id":86693,"date":"2023-04-23T14:30:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T18:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=86693"},"modified":"2023-04-23T14:38:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T18:38:35","slug":"5-playful-strategies-that-reduce-language-learning-anxiety-tutt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/04\/23\/5-playful-strategies-that-reduce-language-learning-anxiety-tutt\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Playful Strategies That Reduce Language Learning Anxiety [Tutt]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/playful-learning-strategies-that-reduce-language-learning-anxiety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>5 Playful Strategies That Reduce Language Learning Anxiety<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from edutopia.org by\u00a0Paige Tutt<br \/>\n<em>We visited a classroom in Denmark to see how a playful learning philosophy can put students at ease and make language learning joyful and engaging.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Instead of trying to convince students that their fears aren\u2019t warranted, Belouahi makes a point of creating a\u00a0positive, mistake-friendly classroom\u00a0where students feel comfortable experimenting. One of the ways she does this is by incorporating\u00a0playful learning\u00a0strategies. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be perfect from the beginning,\u201d Belouahi says. \u201cThe goal is for them to use their English language as much as possible and as best as they can. Not perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Here are five playful learning strategies from Belouahi\u2019s classroom designed to make the act of learning a new language less daunting, and more joyful, social, and engaging.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em>Also from edutopia.org, see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/high-school-students-control-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>An Innovative Way for High School Students to Take Control of Their Own Learning<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; by\u00a0Shelby Scoffield<br \/>\n<em>Giving students a chance to build a project based on a rubric they created can increase engagement and investment.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79725 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSC-MoreVoiceChoiceControl.jpg\" alt=\"Learners need: More voice. More choice. More control. -- this image was created by Daniel Christian\" width=\"75%\" height=\"75%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSC-MoreVoiceChoiceControl.jpg 600w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSC-MoreVoiceChoiceControl-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/simple-ways-build-relationships-with-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>3 Simple Yet Powerful Ways to Build Relationships With Your Students<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; by\u00a0Jori Krulder<br \/>\n<em>Use these interactive strategies to build strong relationships with middle and high school students without sacrificing teaching time.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/video\/writing-brainstorm-playful-learning-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Activating Learning by Milling to Music<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>When students pretend they\u2019re at a fancy party making small talk, a simple brainstorm for writing ideas becomes more lively, more cooperative\u2014and more effective.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tw8EcGUQteE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Playful Strategies That Reduce Language Learning Anxiety &#8212; from edutopia.org by\u00a0Paige Tutt We visited a classroom in Denmark to see how a playful learning philosophy can put students at ease and make language learning joyful and engaging. Excerpt: Instead of trying to convince students that their fears aren\u2019t warranted, Belouahi makes a point of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[343,347,848,141,287,533,419,119,46,289,838,423,199,406,256,279,173,405,305,248,66,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-education-reform","category-emotion","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-europe","category-experimentation","category-ideas-teaching","category-instructional-design","category-k-12-related","category-languages-and-translation","category-learning-experience-design","category-love-of-learning","category-more-voice-more-choice-more-control","category-motivation","category-music","category-participation","category-pedagogy","category-play","category-project-based-learning","category-relationships","category-student-related","category-teachers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86693"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86698,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86693\/revisions\/86698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}