Guidelines for Stage 3 of the Relational approach

• Spend time with people in a wide range of communication situations.

• Explore cultural themes with friends.

  See:	The Life History Interview technique

• Pay attention to the way people say things, as well as what they say.

  See:	The Record for Correction technique

• Try to understand the values and assumptions underlying the way people act.

• Investigate and understand the culture in depth.

  See:	The Ethnographic Interview technique

• Participate in as many community activities as possible, and ask your friends to talk about the activities.
• Use a Checklist of Language Functions and Situations to expand the number of situations in which you can function effectively in the language.
• Keep a language learning journal.

• Principle module: Guidelines for Stage 3 of the Relational approach
• In overview module: The Relational approach to language learning
• In overview module: Four approaches to language learning based on lear...
• In modular book: Ways to Approach Language Learning, by Carol J. Orwig
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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