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Focus on reading and writing

Done entirely in the target language


Not mother tongue
The Direct Method Grammar rules are avoided
Not speaking and Listening
There is emphasis on good pronunciation

Focus towards correct


pronunciation and grammar
Grammar rules are to be memorized
There is little or no emphasis placed on developing
Grammar-translation
oral ability.
Listening and speaking teaching

Learning a language means acquiring habits.

There is much practice of dialogues of every


Audio-lingual situations

Based on Behaviorism

This method sees language as a complex of


The structural approach grammatical rules which are to be learned one at a
time in a set order.
Language teaching methodologies Methods
A language can be acquired only when the learner
is receptive and has no mental blocks.
Suggestopedia
It is suggested to the student that the language is
easy

It works by having the learner respond to simple


commands
Total Physical Response (TPR)
The method stresses the importance of aural
comprehension.

In this method attempts are made to build


strong personal links between the teacher
and student so that there are no blocks to
learning.
Flexibility regarding the use of the mother tongue
and translation.
Communicative language teaching (CLT)
Fluency and acceptable pronunciation.

The aim of the teacher is to say as little as possible in order


that the learner can be in control of what he wants to say
The Silent Way
No use is made of the mother tongue.

Attempts are made to build strong personal links between the


teacher and student so that there are no blocks to learning.
Community Language Learning
Here is much talk in the mother tongue which is translated
by the teacher for repetition by the student.

ESL students are immersed in the English language for the whole of the school
Immersion day and expected to learn math, science, humanities etc. through the medium of
the target language, English.

The focus of the teaching is on the completion of a task


which in itself is interesting to the learners.

Learners use the language they already have to complete the


Task-based language learning
task and there is little correction of errors.

Propounded by Professor S. Krashen and Tracy Terrell


Stresses the similarities between learning the first
and second languages.
The Natural Approach
There is no correction of mistakes.
Adquisition vs Learning
Comprehensible input.

This approach is based on a computer analysis of


The Lexical Syllabus language which identifies the most words in the
language and their various uses.

The Ord Approach and Situational Languaje P-P-P as a lesson model Presentation - Practice - Production.
Teaching Language teaching presented in situations

h p://esl. s.edu/teachers/support/method.htm

h ps://www.novaconcursos.com.br/blog/pdf/richards-jack-c.-&-rodgers.pdf

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