Tutorial 2a:

Adapting Teaching Methods

TSBR2063: English Language Teaching Methodology in the Primary ESL Classroom
by BRIAN RICHARD
PDPPTSL0620R
394-27-brian@epembelajaran.edu.my
 Grammar
English lessons are taught using

Adaptation
students’ mother tongue Translation
Primary skills improved: Reading and
writing skills
Method

English language is quickly

explained because translation is the
Main easiest way of explaining meanings
strengths or words and phrases from another

Least stressful for students

Shows the wrong idea of what

Main English language is. Students will
problems not be able to use the language to
communicate in a normal way.

Little contextualization of the

English grammar.
 Direct
Method
• Lesson are conducted in English
language; no translation

Adaptation
• Students are encouraged to think
in English
• Vocabulary is taught through
demonstration (objects,
pictures, videos, etc.)
• Makes learning English

Main interesting by facilitating

participation
• Students are able to understand
strengths what they learn, think about it
and express their own ideas in
English

Main • In larger classes, this method

could not be properly applied as

problems
not all students are in the same
level
 Audio-
Teaching of
lingual

Adaptation
English
structural
patterns by
Repetitions Method

Main Strengths
encourage
using shy
repetition students to Some

Main problems
speak students
may be
Some use of unable to
mother Repetitions apply more
tongue by also help a open-ended
teacher, sense of and
but fluency for creative
students some language
are not students use
allowed at
all
English
lessons will
be boring
 Total
Adaptation English Associating Not as effective

Main strengths

Main problems
language movement with on higher levels Physical
listening skills words will be of language
should be
fun and easy for learning Response
students while
developed enhancing
first before retention Can be a
other skills challenge for
shy students
Not affected by
class size
Reference

 Vasanthi A/P Subramaniam. (n.d.) Overview of Language Learning

Methodology [PowerPoint slides].
Thank you