Mindfulness and communicative language teaching.

Abstract

In the present paper we juxtapose the principles of Mindful Learning with the tenets of Communicative Language Teaching. We demonstrate how traditional instruction teaches to mere intelligence--not to mindfulness--in much the same way that traditional language instruction favors explicit learning over the development of an implicit linguistic system. Then, we demonstrate the connection between competence and performance from a mindful perspective.

Introduction

Mindful Learning theory has a number of implications for Second Language Acquisition theory and foreign language teaching practice. The present paper demonstrates several ...