THE POST METHOD ERA : TOWARD INFORMED APPROACHES

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~ Get your approaches together We don`t need any new methods, just unifying approach.

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The old model of teaching left the theory of language learning to the theorists, who were not, themselves, practitioner. Now, TEACHERS are RESEARCHERS!

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Indentify problem of meaning Develop questions and examine assumption Gather data Analyze data Interpret data Take action

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Your approach, or your rationale for language learning and teaching, takes on great importance!

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 And remember the best teachers always take on a few calculated risks! If you don't fail at least 25% of the time, you're not really doing your job!

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Places a focus on all of the components of communicative competence, so all goals must encompass organizational and pragmatic aspects of language learning.
form and function are not the central focus but are important. The "flow" is a focus, but sometimes correction is encouraged, too.

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classroom tasks should have a "real world" vibe. autonomy is encouraged. teacher is facilitator. Students are active participants

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CLT is an accepted paradigm with many interpretations and manifestations. Characteristics : Overall goals Relationship of from and function Fluency and accuracy Focus on real-world contexts Autonomy and strategic involment Teacher roles Student roles

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is primary there is some communication problem to solve there is some sort of relationship to comparable real-world activities task completion has some priority the assessment of the task is in terms of outcome

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There are TWO types of task: 1. target tasks--a student must accomplish outside the classroom

2. pedagogical task-- the "nucleus" of classroom activity

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So, ultimately, a TASK BASED curriculum specifies what a learner needs to do with the English language in terms of target tasks and organizes a series of pedagogical tasks intended to reach those goals.

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Things which are what they sound like: *Learner-centered instruction *Cooperative learning *Interactive learning

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1. language is looked at holistically rather than in fragments (morphemes, phonemes, etc) 2. there is an interaction and interconnections between oral language and written 3. there is importance, in literate societies, of the written code as natural and developmental, just as the oral code is

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concurrent study of language and subject matter, with the form and sequence of language presentation dictated by content material So... you are first and foremost teaching the subject; secondarily you are teaching language You are a DOUBLE expert!

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Usually found in EFL context. Theme based CBI can be taught by an EFL teacher or team taught wit a content specialist. The teachers can create a course of study designed to unlock and build on their own students interest and the content can be chosen from an enormous number of diverse topics.

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The teacher of a school subject modifies the presentation of the material to help L2 learners in the process.

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A focus on a single content area along with a complementary focus on L2 learning and teaching

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