Paul Nation on the Four Strands, 27 years later

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Paul Nation is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Victoria and a renowned author and scholar in our industry. He joins us for a discussion on learning, putting research into practice, and - of course - the four strands 27 years later.

Paul touches specifically on:

• his vocabulary niche
• the birth of the four strands
• how it's a basis for course construction, not lesson design
• how he learned Greek on a 2 hour flight
• why teachers who activate extensive reading in class are brave
• why teachers need to believe that by not teaching, people can learn
• the only 3 things that matter in learning
• if there is a fifth strand

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