Maria Monica Ana A.
Mendoza
BSEd- ENG 1
4 Language Approach Similarities Differences
Grammar-translation ♦ Proposed to the
teaching ways to
learners and teachers
in foreign language
and second language.
♦ Develop reading
comprehension
Audio-lingual ♦ Provides materials
and techniques for a
Communicative faster learning.
Natural
 Teaching-learning
techniques to
traditional language
and literature
 Laid grammar rules
and vocabulary
 More in written, little
attention to oral
 Repeated learning
process
 Develops language
acquisition in native
language
 Acquired language
with understanding
the message.
 Requires support from
knowledgeable peer
 Oral production is
emphasized.
 Active participation
interacting people for
a faster learning
process
 Supports the natural
approach.
 extended period of
receptive learning to
comprehend the
language before
producing the
language.
 Oral production is
emphasized
 Develops the native
language or mother
tongue
2. Mention some supporting theories mentioned in the journal that
have been used to anchor and support the effectiveness and
efficiency of using the different approaches in ELT in the language
classroom.
- These four language approaches have contributed to the learning ability of the students or
learners. Some examples that are commonly used in teaching language in the classroom
are making or writing essays, reports, role-plays, spelling drills, listening and reading
drills, analysis, and such. These examples have supported the learning abilities and
learning applications of learners to the language, and comprehension.

3. what are the teachers' roles and the students' roles when one uses
these approaches. Make a list of the four approaches and identify
each role.
Approach Teacher’s roles Student's roles
Grammar-translation Main source of information Active participation in
(knowledgeable peer), or an learning process, or listener
instructor
Audio-lingual Imitates sounds and provide follow and respond to the
recordings for language teacher´s instructions
accuracy
communicative role of authority to guide interact actively to convey
students and students meaning, solve problems, or
transitioned to a more accomplish tasks
independent role.
natural The teacher is the provider of they are only listeners and
the learning environment of they try to understand and
the students in experiencing internalize the language.
the comprehensible input.

4. Explain why an ELT facilitator needs to consider the availability of

instructional materials before choosing an ideal approach to use in
English Language Teaching. Why should an ELT facilitator need to
equip him/herself with teaching strategies before identifying an
appropriate approach to be used in ELT?
- The teacher should choose carefully of the materials to be used when teaching language
because language abilities of learners are different. For example, my experience in
learning spanish and mandarin are different to the language native language that I already
have acquired. These two foreign languages are difficult to learn at first, so the best
teaching approach for this is grammar-translation. The teacher here is the source of
information, meaning the teachers are instructors and the students have no knowledge of
 language, so they are participating of the language. When teaching foreign language or
second language, it is only right to use the accurate and proper materials to accomplish
the goal in learning abilities of the students.

5. How did the researchers conclude their study in the comparison of

the four different approaches in ELT?
- Each language teaching approach has emerged to provide a solution to the needs of
society based on the social, economic, and academic requirements as well as pedagogical
perspectives featuring in different epochs, and each have characteristics that is unique to
developing skills. The reason of creating such language approaches is motivation in
teaching techniques, and roles to teachers and students. From the data collected, the
conclusion was that the characteristics of each approach depended on the how the
language was going to be used and the theoretical considerations that framed these
approaches. Some characteristics overlapped the four approaches compared here, like the
use of books. Features of these approaches will also depend on the theoretical foundation
of the approaches, and as to how they are developed historically.