BJJ is exactly like ESL. I brought this up in this post. Now to expand a bit. In our TESOL certification program, when we teach lesson planning, we use an E-I-F framework: Encounter, Internalize, Fluency. During the “Encounter” portion, students are introduced to the new vocabulary or grammar or situation. In the “Internalize” section, students […]
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Tag: Methodology
What do you need/want in a BJJ school?
I teach TESOL certification courses. In these classes I help teachers develop their teaching philosophy, and I teach them methodology–HOW to teach. What does this mean for me in real life? It means that when I take a class, whether it is a language class or a BJJ class, is that I am hyper-aware of […]
Similarities between BJJ and ESL part 1
The guys in my class don’t see it, but I do. I’ve been teaching methodology for the past 2.5 years, and I’ve been studying about ESL for the past 5 years. BJJ is exactly like ESL. For clarification purposes, ESL is English as a Second Language, but for this post I mean it to be […]