Personal Response and Humanistic Activities: Enhancing Personal Involvement in Language Teaching
Abstract
Can language learning contribute to the complex process of education? In the present work, I assume that activities which require a personal involvement of the student can enhance the significance of the learning experience both within and beyond school. Within this educational perspective, I analyse the effectiveness of two types of activities, namely Personal Response Activities and Humanistic Activities, which require a different level of personal involvement of the individual (experiences, ideas, opinions, emotions, etc.) during school work.
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