2. The Essence of Teaching or the Proof of the Pudding by Marklen E. Konurbayev Moscow State University Department of English Linguistics marklen@online.ru

3. The essence of learning: All things that are done for your sake – receive with gratitude. All things that are in your power – do yourself!

4. A traveller without a guide shall waste a hundred years to cover a two days distance Rumi

5. Teaching is not reduced to information sharing

6. The teacher gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. Jibran «The Prophet»:

7. The Teacher bears RESPONSIBILITY for the final results of teaching

8. Dead language vs. Living human language teaching

9. Static pictures vs. animated cartoons

10. Categorial approach

11. Teachers own perfection in theory and PRACTICE!!!

12. Knowledge is Remembrance or Recollection

13. Parable of a sower Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

14. The essence of learning: Whatever is done for your sake – receive with gratitude. All things that are in your power – do yourself! A traveller without a guide shall waste a hundred years to cover a two days distance. Teaching is not reduced to information sharing. The teacher gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. The teacher bears RESPONSIBILITY for the final results of teaching. Dead language vs. living human language teaching Categorial approach Perfection in theory and PRACTICE!!! Knowledge is remembrance or recollection

15. Thank you very much for your kind attention! You are welcome to write to my e-mail with your questions, criticism and suggestions: marklen@online.ru Marklen E. Konurbayev