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MOOC - Module3 - LanguageTeachingMethodsOverviewFINAL - 2012030054
MOOC - Module3 - LanguageTeachingMethodsOverviewFINAL - 2012030054
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In this presentation we will look at an overview of the various
approaches, methods, and techniques in teaching a foreign
language; we will also examine how the different perceptions toward
learning and language acquisition, including the nature of language,
affect approaches used in the EFL classroom.
As you go through this module, reflect upon what you know about how
languages are learned and your own experiences as a language teacher
and language learner.
Learning Theories
• According to Piaget's (1936) Theory of Cognitive Development,
humans cannot just be “given” knowledge that they can immediately
use; they must build their knowledge from experience.
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Structural view
⮚Focuses on
• Phonological (relating to the study of the speech sounds used in a
language),
• Grammatical,
• Lexical (relating to the words or vocabulary) structures
⮚Methods: Audio Lingual, Grammar-Translation
⮚Focuses on
• Meaning
• What is literal or “essential" meaning of the word, phrase, functional expression,
or grammar structure?
• What does it mean in the context it’s being used in?
• Function
• What is the situation we are in and/or what do we want to communicate to our
listeners?
⮚Method: Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
Interactional view
⮚Focuses on
• Conveying and receiving authentic messages that are
meaningful to both speaker and listener.
⮚ Method: Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
• Grammar is taught by inductive analogy use in the AE E-Teacher Program, sponsored by the U.S.
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“It has been realized that there never was and probably never will be a method for
all, and the focus in recent years has been on the development of classroom tasks
and activities which are consonant with what we know about second language
acquisition, and which are also in keeping with the dynamics of the classroom
itself.”
(Nunan as cited in Brown, 2002)
• Brown, H. D. (2001). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
Prentice Hall Regents.
• Brown, H. D. (2002). English language teaching in the “ post-methods” era: Toward better diagnosis, treatment, and
assessment. In J.C. Richards & W. A. Renanyda (Eds.), Methods in language Teaching. (pp. 9-18). New York, NY: Cambridge.
• Crookes, G. & Chaudron. (2001). Guidelines for language classroom instruction. In Celece-Murcia, M. (ed.)Teaching English
as a second or foreign language 3rd Ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
• Galloway, A. (1993). Communicative language teaching: An introduction and sample activities. Center For Applied
Linguistics.
• Johnson, K. 1999. Understanding language teaching: Reasoning in action. Boston: Heinle and Heinle.
• Larsen-Freeman, Diane. 2000. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching. 2nd Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Lightbown, P.M. & Spada, N. 2006. How Languages are Learned 3rd Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Nunan, D. (Ed.). (2003). Practical English language teaching . New York: McGraw Hill.
• Richards, J.C. & Rodgers, T. 2001. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, 2 nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
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