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Saturday, December 6, 2014

UNIT 15 APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE TEACHING







            In this unit, we reviewed information that we learned in the previous module EFLT methods and approaches. First, let’s define an approach. It has to do with our personal view about how language learning takes place. In some cases approaches may refer to the ways or methods of teaching that we use. Some people that are in favor of communicative approaches say that language is a tool to communicate meaning, generally speaking for communicative activities.

              I am going to mention some of the methods and approaches that are useful for English teachers; PPP that says grammatical structures and functions are the most important aspect in language. The first step to follow is the presentation stage, after that we have to practice and finally we have to present our product. Input is really important, and activities such as situational presentations, miming, drills and information gaps activities. We have the lexical Approach in which we have to study chunks, collocations, idioms, etc. The functional approach that focuses on functions usually graded according to their frequency of use. The communicative approaches are important to mention because we use the language for interaction, taking into account accuracy and using authentic materials. To sum up, we have also the grammar translation, total physical response, guided discovery; Content based learning, content and language and integrated learning

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             As a conclusion, there are many methods and approaches to apply in education. The teacher must manage all of them in order to put into practice in a real class. I consider that I will apply this knowledge with my students choosing the correct method and approach to teach them the target language. As we could see, there are plenty of them and as I said the teacher is the person who is in charge of deciding which one is the best for teaching.








BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

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What is PBL? | Project Based Learning | BIE
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Second-language Teaching Methods | Mora Modules
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1 comment:

  1. Your point of view is good about this unit as you said before we already know about it because it is important to use some techniques and ways to asess our students

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