Category: Pedagogy

  • On learning

    While learning Farsi I realized that since I had heard all the phrases already, learning is more about getting confident in using the language rather than the actual transformations (good morning = sob al-kheir)

    Afterwards I wondered if this would also apply to other fields. For example learning to ride a bycicle, whether it is more about becoming confident in innate abilities rather than perfecting the transformations (in this example the movements that you learn.)

  • Advantage of Arabic education

    An advantage of a education in the Arabic lugha is that the instructor can get the attention of the students back simply by choosing some words with ع (عين). These demonic throat sounds should awake any student that is losing his/her concentration