The paper would like to introduce LBT as a way of innovation in education, increasing students’ learning motivation and contributing to improving educational quality. | LEARNING BY TEACHING - AN EFFECTIVE LEARNING METHOD IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM Ho Trinh Quynh Thu1 Abstract Learning by teaching LBT is a positive method that is demonstrated to be effective in the process of learning and teaching especially in the language classroom. Besides the knowledge students are required to achieve the LBT approach helps students more in their competence development and soft skill improvement. The approach was also practically applied successfully in the English language classroom at Nguyen Duc Upper-secondary School Quang Nam province. Therefore the paper would like to introduce LBT as a way of innovation in education increasing students learning motivation and contributing to improving educational quality. Keywords learning-by-teaching educational method learning motivation pedagogical renovation positive education 1. Introduction Learning by teaching LBT is a pedagogical approach in which students play the role of the teacher. It was deemed a phenomenon attracting researchers interests since the late 1960s and of cially emerging as an educational method in the mid-1980s with con icting opinions Duran 2016 . Several controversies have broken out surrounding the effectiveness of the LBT method when the traditional distinguished role of teachers in the classroom is replaced however many researchers show that students spending time teaching what they learned understand the knowledge better and remember it longer than those who spend the same time re-studying Aslan 2015 Duran 2016 . LBT is also described as an effective positive method of pedagogy that not only enhances students learning experience but also develops their skills of communication and collaboration among others. Besides the achievements of knowledge and competences the LBT classroom is evidently demonstrated to make students encouraged excited and eager to attend the lesson Setiawan 2019 . In the context that traditional educational paradigms have still been dominating in .
