Group 1-09.

E9: T Th Hoa, o Th Thy Hng, H Th Thy, V Th Hi Yn Week 3, Feb 20th 2012 ELT 1

Lesson 2 revision The nature of Approaches and Methods in language teaching

Exercise 1: These statements are cut up into 2 parts. Match each part with the other to complete the whole statement, then decide it is true or false? (This part will be presented through game - the class will be divided into 4 groups. Each group will receive a set of pieces of paper containing parts of these statements). 1. There are 3 main components of 2. Techniques refer to the overall an approach. practical plan for teaching and learning a language which based upon a selected approach.

3. Objectives of audio-lingual method is to reading, grammar and translation. focus on 5. In audio-lingual method, teaching and should be extensive dialogue drilling and learning activities pattern drilling. 6. Techniques are specific activities used in a lesson.

7. One of the necessary condition for the input must be at the same learners present acquisition to take place is level of competence.

Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences by one word. 1. Method involves the design of a for the course, which in turn consists of teaching and learning objectives and teaching and learning activities, teacher and learner role and behavior. 2. Technique is an explicit . employed to achieve a particular teaching and learning objective or set of objectives. 3. Audio-Lingual Method is based on the .. view of language. 4. In functional view, language is a vehicle for expressing .meaning.

5. The target of language learning in the structural view is to achieve a good demand of the elements within a system of structurally related phonological, .. and lexical elements for the transmission of meaning. 6. The .. view sees language primarily as a means for establishing and maintaining interpersonal relations and for performing social transactions between individuals. 7. The . Approach is formed by both functional and interactional views of language.
8. The psycholinguistic and cognitive processes include habit-formation, induction,

inferencing, testing, and generalisation. Exercise 3: Each of the following statements describes an approach, a method, or a technique. Read and label them, using the abbreviations A for Approach, M for Method, and T for Technique. 1. Students repeat teachers model as quickly and accurately as possible. 2. There is little or no grammatical explanation. Grammar is taught by inductive analogy rather than deductive explanation. 3. Classes are taught in the mother tongue, with little active use of the target language. 4. An emphasis on learning to communicate through interaction in the target language. 5. The only way to overcome the habits of learners mother tongue is to reinforce the habits of the target language. 6. Teacher uses hands to indicate that something is incorrect or needs changing - e.g. using the fingers as words then touching the finger/word that is in need of correction. 7. Language is viewed primarily as the means for establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships and for performing social transactions between individuals. 8. Teacher reads passage aloud various amounts of times at various tempos, students write down what they hear. 9. Students memorise vocabulary lists, grammatical rules, and grammatical paradigms. 10. New teaching points are taught through modeling and practice. Exercise 4: Decide which method of teaching/learning is reflected in these following sentences. Write G for Grammar-translation method, C for Communicative language teaching and A for Audio-lingual method. 1. The teacher helps students to understand an English reading text by asking them to translate it into Vietnamese.

2. The teacher doesnt explain grammar to the students. The students acquire grammatical rules by drilling dialogues and patterns. 3. Minh has worked for a foreign construction company for one month. However, his English is not good, which has confused his coworkers a lot when he talks to them. Thus, Minh takes an English course to help him express himself meaningfully and make him understood by others. 4. The students are supplied with lists of new words to enrich their vocabulary. 5. The most important objective of this method is developing oral skills for the students. Reading and writing skill development arent attached special importance. 6. The teacher is regarded as a facilitator, a need analyst, a counselor and a process manager in the classroom. 7. The teacher is regarded as a primary source of language and language learning in the classroom. 8. The teacher is regarded as an authority in the classroom. 9. Students are involved in an activity called role-play. One of them will be a salesperson and other students will be customers. Salesperson will have to try to persuade customers to buy his products . 10. Students are expected to have good skill of using grammatical rules.

Key: Ex1: 1. T 2. F techniques method 3. F audio-lingual method grammar-translation method 4. T 5. T 6. F at the same slightly above Ex2: 1.syllabus 2.procedure 7.Communicative 8.hypothesis 3.structural 4.functional 5.grammatical 6.interactional

Ex3: 1.T 2.M 3.M 4.A 5.A 6.T 7.A 8.T 9.M 10.M Ex4: 1.G (teaching and learning activity) 2.A (teaching and learning activity) 5.A (objective)

3.C (objective) 4.G (content choice and organization - syllabus) 6.C (roles of teacher) 7.A (roles of teacher) 8.G (roles of teacher) 9.C (teaching and learning activity) 10.G (objective)