Professional Documents
Culture Documents
PRINCIPLES
Teacher goals
Evaluation:
may be largely informal, continuous; transfer learning to new contexts; no teacher praise/criticism..steady progress, not perfection desired
Techniques
Cuisenaire rods Teachers silence Peer correction Fidel charts Self-correction gestures Word chart Structured feedback
PRINCIPLES
communicative lang. Use; stud. Reasons. For learning; whole person, non-defensive learning Teacher/stud roles: teacher as counselor, reduces threat; stud goes thru stages from dependent to independent Process: conversation in native lang; teacher translates in chunks; taperecorded into transcript; emerging grammar needs
Teacher goals:
Process
elements: security-aggressionattention-reflection--retentiondiscrimination; teacher builds rapport w/studs.; studs. Feelings acknowledged/responded to Lang/culture: integrated to
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Principles (contd)
Native lang: initially heavy use of translation; pantomime also used Evaluation: not usual test; studs. Emotionally prepared; tests more integrative (not discrete)--write para or oral interview; selfevaluation
Principles (contd)
Error: non-threatening response through modeling correct usage Physical layout: circles with teacher outside circle
Techniques
Taperecording student conversation Transcription of recorded conversation Reflection on experience Reflective listening
Human computer