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I am teaching advanced students of English. But recently I find that some of my students complain that they are not making progress in their English studies. They say the more they learn, the less they know. I know this is not true. But I don't know how to explain it to them.

So please help.

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Submitted on 30 November, 2008 - 05:22

 Dear friend,

It seems as if they don't practice what they have learnt. Why don't you ask them to do something productive. For example, you can have free discussion sessions and let them use the language they have learnt. You can also give them some topics to write and ask them to try to use more complicated sentences.

Students usually like to take part in classes where they think they have learnt something new. You must make them understand they have learnt a lot. If you use more productive activities, they will see thay have had improvement.

Best wishes,

Amir Abbass Ravayee

 

Submitted on 3 December, 2008 - 02:52
Maybe it is a kind of psychological phenomenon.We ever studied this in our psychology class.It is called "plateau phenomenon".Some of us have this feeling in other studying fields.So do not worry about it.Just keep on studying.
Submitted on 5 December, 2008 - 07:50

I think the problem is not so complicated as it might seem. Why don't you try to exchange your roles during some lessons? You will be a student and some of your students will try to teach the others. They can make a lot of activities of their own which they consider to be the most useful for them. Your students can also create their small projects based on new vocabulary or new topics and demonstrate them to their groupmates.

I hope you'll get rid of this problem very soon :)

Best wishes.

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