Guidelines for Stage 1 of the Energetic approach

• You will probably enjoy and even feel a need to talk to and interact with people.
• If the language you are learning is related to a language you already know, informal interactions with people will be helpful from the beginning. If not, formal language learning sessions will be more helpful.

• Use Survival Phrase and Power Tools to meet people and to get acquainted with them.

• Work on the building blocks (sounds, grammatical structures, and vocabulary) during your structured time. These will eventually enable you to communicate with people effectively. Work with a language associate using the following:

  • The Physical Response techniques
  • The Look and Listen techniques
• Go out and do as many things as you can with people.

• Principle module: Guidelines for Stage 1 of the Energetic approach
• In overview module: The Energetic approach to language learning
• In overview module: Four approaches to language learning based on lear...
• In modular book: Ways to Approach Language Learning, by Carol J. Orwig
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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