This is a good strategy and very practical for Chinese learners as well. I learned from a YMCA ski instructor training last Sunday and the facilitator used blue, green and red zone to represent this theory as well. Blue meant comfortable zone and the skill will be leant at green zone (challenging zone.) When these young skiers are in panic red zone and they will not learn anything. As an educator, we need to bring them back to green zone and give them feedbacks to make their brain processing new literacy or language they learned today. Thanks for sharing.
This is a good strategy and very practical for Chinese learners as well. I learned from a YMCA ski instructor training last Sunday and the facilitator used blue, green and red zone to represent this theory as well. Blue meant comfortable zone and the skill will be leant at green zone (challenging zone.) When these young skiers are in panic red zone and they will not learn anything. As an educator, we need to bring them back to green zone and give them feedbacks to make their brain processing new literacy or language they learned today. Thanks for sharing.
Loved reading about how you applied this with blue, green and red zones. Great visual.