Similarly, in referring specifically to pronunciation instruction, Brown has pointed out that "the ELT teacher () must often decide which features of language, on the one hand, are important and therefore merit precious class time and which, on the other hand, are relatively unimportant and may be overlooked until a more advanced stage" (Brown, 1988: 593). ...
Formally, looping was introduced in Germany, by Rudolph Steiner, an Austrian educator and philosopher in the early 1900's (LAB Brown University, 2003). ... After a teacher spends eight months with the same set of students she has learned each child's academic and emotional needs (Grant, et Al., 2000). ...
"These teachers are "primarily non-punitive" (Brown, 2004, p. 286) and rely on their relationships with students rather than on fear or punishment. ... The ideal teacher sets limits, states expectations, enforces rules, avoids power struggles, and does not humiliate students (Bondy et al., 2007). ...
