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This is further to the last post - Learning about learning in a French language class. I cannot help note down a few more amazing design elements among all others, before I talk about how the French teacher facilitated. The class really revolutionize the conventional ones where all just listen and repeat ‘Je mange, Tu manges, Il mange…….’ WIIFM (What’s In It For Me) – We were asked to write a short paragraph in French on why we want to learn French. And there was anot

I have recently started a 3-weeks French class with the University of Lausanne. I am amazed not only with my newly learnt French but also the learning design. It is very well designed and in fact, much better than quite a lot of workshops I experienced in the corporate world. Just look at the photo – the room set up is already so different from those traditional learning classes. The circle encourages conversations which is necessary for learning languages. When we ne