Teaching, Language & Reference
September 2019
PARALLEL 1
GOING PARALLEL IN ENGLISH
by Anastasia G, Chondrakis
The books PARALLEL 1 & 2 - Going parallel in English are based on a very innovative method of teaching English attempting to explore and implement the neurolinguistic approach to language learning. We, the teachers, do not over-analyse but compose meaningful language communicative patterns based on the linguistic mechanisms that language automatically activates for each of us. The learners speak and write in a natural way, utilizing the linguistic instinct , innate in us feeling encouraged to speak, to participate in oral and written dialogues achieving faster than ever effective communication, while at the same time they boost their self-confidence. From the very first lessons they can read, listen, write, and speak the English language that no longer sounds "foreign"! The Parallel® method is a unique teaching approach that can successfully lead the adult beginner to level B2 IN LESS THAN A YEAR, in which, according to the Common European Framework of Languages – CEFR - the learners can: - understand the basic ideas of a text or a business/ social meeting - explain clearly what they want and what they think - develop conversations/arguments - provide a clear and written text on a wide range of topics - state clearly their opinion on a current issue and support the pros and cons of an argument. THE METHOD CONSISTS OF TWO STUDENT’S BOOKS AND TWO TEACHER’S BOOKS WITH DETAILED TEACHING GUIDELINES AND KEY TO THE EXERCISES.
