The 7 Monkeys technique enables students to learn concepts independently in 7 steps: 1) Read; 2) Highlight; 3) Draw; 4) Explain; 5) Develop depth; 6) Answer questions; 7) Peer assess. It allows students to learn with minimal teacher input, helping develop resilience and independent learning skills while facilitating deeper understanding of key concepts across multiple subjects.

1. 7 monkeys
Sadie McLachlan
MFL

2. “The 7 Monkeys is a way of
enabling students to learn a
concept, process or idea
independently with minimal
teacher input.”
https://classteaching.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/developing-
independent-learners-the-7-monkeys/

3. Monkey 1:
Monkey 2:
Monkey 3:
Read
Highlight
Draw

4. In linguistics, code-switching occurs when a
speaker alternates between two or more
languages, or language varieties, in the context
of a single conversation. Multi-linguals—speakers
of more than one language—sometimes use
elements of multiple languages when conversing
with each other. Thus, code-switching is the use
of more than one linguistic variety in a manner
consistent with the syntax and phonology of each
variety. In the 1940s and 1950s, many scholars
considered code-switching to be a sub-standard
use of language.[7] Since the 1980s, however,
most scholars have come to regard it as a normal,
natural product of bilingual and multilingual
language use.[8][9]
Wikipedia

5. In linguistics, code-switching occurs
when a speaker alternates between two
or more languages, or language
varieties, in the context of a single
conversation. Multi-linguals'—speakers
of more than one language—sometimes
use elements of multiple languages
when conversing with each other. Thus,
code-switching is the use of more than
one linguistic variety in a manner
consistent with the syntax and
phonology of each variety. In the 1940s
and 1950s, many scholars considered
code-switching to be a sub-standard use
of language.[7] Since the 1980s, however,
most scholars have come to regard it as
a normal, natural product of bilingual
and multilingual language use.[8][9]
Wikipedia

6. Monkey 4:
Monkey 5:
Monkey 6:
Monkey 7:
Explain
Developing depth
Answer the question
(Peer) assess

7. Why bother?
Builds resilience
Independent learning
Deeper learning
of key concepts
Applicable to multiple
curriculum areas