DAY 1 - AFTERNOON SESSION - DAMIAN

APPROACHES AND METHODS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

• APPROACH

Assumptions dealing with the nature of the language teaching and learning

WHY

• METHOD

An overall plan for the orderly presentation of the language
Procedural
HOW we present language in the classroom - procedures involved

• TECHNIQUE

Implementational- (Correction techniques/drilling)
WHAT actually takes place in the classroom - activities

HISTORY OF ELT - AN OVERVIEW

grammar translation- grammar rules

direct method - Berlitz L1=L2 - acquisition

reform movement - IPA

Audiolingualism - drills/dialogues

situational language teaching - present language through situations (UK) - PPP

ASTP (war) - native speaker/language teacher - repetition/isolation (USA)

task based - syllabus envolving tasks

lexical approach - chuncks

functional/notional approach -communicative approach - getting your ideas across

language play - ludicrous (unreal life situation)

methods associated with humanistic approach

• TPR
• CLL
• Silent Way
• Suggestopedia - background - music