Mozart grew up surrounded by constant music. His father did not start with boring music rules or delay the actual listening for years. We learn spoken languages naturally by hearing them every day in full, not by studying tiny written parts first. We should enjoy the sound of language first and study the rules later.
Key Ideas
Immersion first: Young Mozart heard real music all around him right away.
No delayed joy: His father did not make him wait years to hear great songs.
Natural language learning: People pick up languages by fully focusing on spoken and written messages in context daily, not by hearing and reading broken pieces.
Rules come later: You can study technical rules after you already know how to use and enjoy the sound.
If you focus on doing these things in your classroom this year, you will have more engaged and happy students, and you yourself won’t consider quitting your job so often.
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