Philosophical basement of teaching a language

(Partially inspired on the ideas of Víctor García Hoz)


1. Learning a language should be a profoundly human action.
2. It serves to communicate among persons.
3. Explain to our students the theory of communication: Emissor-message-receiver. Examples.
4. Learning is not only something technical, but human.
5. Communication offers a message which can enrich me.
6. Communication creates a convival as well. We have to learn to live with others, to get to know the others.
7. In the classroom there should be communication. It enriches us as human beings.
8. Debates as well are interesting: the students give their opinions and learn to listen to others.
9. Learning grammar and vocabulary are instruments for communication. Drill-activities teach us the tools for communication.
10. Games create communication.
11. Also help them learn how to work well and neat.
12. Make them engage their minds, solve problems, think, in a word. Include texts with substance, either historic, biographic, ethics, philosophy, thought, science and technology…