ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS:

HISTORIA, ENFOQUES Y MÉTODOS

2012-2013

Dra. Raquel Criado & Dr. Aquilino Sánchez

UNIT 3.2.1. Practice activities

1. Read pages 106-110 in Sánchez (1997).

2. Howatt (2004: 159) labelled Ahn and Ollendorff’s Practical Approach as a “halfway
house” between the G-T and the Natural Approach in the second half of the 19th
century. Why?

To answer the question, make sure you explain the similarities and differences
between Ahn’s and Ollendorff’s “practical method” and the Natural Approach
regarding the following points:

a) language teaching objective

b) emphasised skills and language content
c) deductive or inductive mode of learning being favoured
d) role of practice

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