Maury Wolf

The ultimate purpose of language learning is communication, and topics like grammar and vocabulary are only aids to this ultimate goal. Almost all of my lessons begin with a dialogue/conversation to warm up and use this as a focus and jumping off point to discuss cultural topics, vocabulary, and points in grammar. Especially for beginners, the lessons are taught with conversational language throughout modifiable patterns and set phrases, and only begins to introduce complex grammar in the later stages. Each phrase is broken down into syllables and repeated several times so that students have maximum exposure to the language. They are asked to repeat phrases aloud for practice. Each lesson includes a short oral quiz at the end to improve speaking ability. In other more advanced lessons the focus is almost entirely on speaking, writing and listening skills. Nevertheless, I use many different topics, from General English to Business English.