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The Expended Suzuki Triangle
Nurtuing the Student within the Community
I found this quote in a gardening book:
when working with students, we often use the idea of planting the seed
as a metaphor for student growth.
So how do students grow into learning?
One way is to follow the same process as learning language
also known as the Mother Tongue method.
An infant cannot speak when it is born
yet all children do learn to communicate.
We are not surprised by this. The expectation is that this is a natural process.
But what as this process?
A seed is planted in the soil.
The soil is an extra compost and fertilizer
to nurture growth of the seed.
Water is provided, or the seed will not germinate.
An infant is raised in an environment where people or constantly using
language to speak and communicate.
Through listening and observation,
he begins to recognize patterns of meaning.
The child begins to imitate the sounds he recognizes.
These first attempts may not be very accurate, such as "mama" or "mother"
or "wawa" for "water."
But these first attempts are praised by the parents
and the child is urged to say it again.
We do not correct in infant to say "mother" instead of "mama."
We are confident that the child will build skill through repetition and
"mother" will be the word of choice soon enough.
When the seed sprouts,
we don't cut off the first small leaf hope for a bigger one.
We allow the first leaf to grow and apply more water and fertilizer,
confident that the next few leaves will be more robust.
We also do not expect infant to begin reading immediately.
Once a child has a vocabulary of several hundred words, can form sentences and
understand stories, then she begins to notice that the symbols in the storybook
relate to the language sound she hears, and we gudie the child to greater
understanding by beginning with simple material.
should you choose to see a key
applied this very natural model of language learning to the study music
he called it the mother tongue method
but it quickly became known as this is a connected
as he achieved great success using it to his students
he created a language immersion program
but the language
children listen to recordings at home and observed other students and parents
playing the instrument in lessons classes
the observations and listening
fostered a desire to imitate but the student this evening
the teacher guided the student two words increased accuracy
giving the parent create guidelines for how to practice at home
each small success was nurtured in crates
and reputation for mastery
was encouraged few games until the student began to take ownership of the
process himself
reading
was introduced when the student had a good understanding of the vocabulary
needs
so the symbols related to the senate
at the student already experience
teachers who use this isn't a method
will also often referred to the suzuki triangle
this is a model of the relationship between the three participants in this
learning process
the parent
the teacher
and the child
dependent
provides the environment where the child can learn and grow
the parent place recordings
takes a child to lessons in classes
and practices of the child at home
the teacher provides the lesson
the teacher gags the student towards increased mastery provides a model to
imitate
and also teaches the payment
so the parent can have experience to help the child
there's also sets up an opportunity for the child to listen and answer
his strongest role model
isn't there
demonstrate the importance of learning and practice
and the child
listens to the recordings and practices
let's look at each corner mississippi triangle a little more closely
for the first two years the child will practice regularly with the parent
the eventual goal is for the child to learn how to practice effectively on
their own
the teacher provides and individual lesson
and accomplice
and the parent provides the environment
the environment in the home antha social environment in community that expenses
the child grows and matures
the teacher provides an individual lesson
and a group lesson
the parent provides environment at home and in the community
the group lesson
is where the music that the child is learning through their mother tongue
method is used as a language of communication
the group lesson
is the stepping stone into the crater musical community
in this is a kinetic if the student is part of a large program he'll have an
opportunity to learn from other teachers and students in the local group classes
at the regional level we have summer institutes where students and teachers
gathered from all over the country to learn from each other and finance really
fun
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internationally
suzuki association of the americas conference bring students and teachers
to get it from north and south america
and the international suzuki association conference
invites teachers and students from all over the world neighboring
and three times beach town that had
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kids come true
in minneapolis
making music has agreed
whether on the local regional or international level
in rehearsal work requirements
is an opportunity to realize that deep emotional and communicative power of
music
agree with that includes both audience and performers
and can be professional or amateur
can involve soloists chamber groups large on some other orchestras
but all group that wants
creative community
or as in the world could quote we started with
circumstances favorable to the creation of beauty
and music
is beautiful
salute to get back to the suzuki triangle
parent and teacher work with the child individually and as part of the larger
community
just as the teacher spends considerable time and effort behind the scenes to
organize crew classism performances
so does the parents spend time and effort to volunteer their support of
these activities as part of developing an expanded musical environment in which
the child can grow
if we're successful
and creating an expanded
and which can bring
that nurtures the child's musical development
the child will grow
into an independent person was fluent in the language of music
thanks to the suzuki
form out of town