A Brief Storry of language Teachiing
The Grammar Translation Metho
Strenghts:
Students learn a lot of vocabulary.
Reading and writing skills are excelled.
It activates students´ memory.
Language teaching innovation
The method has two main goals: to enable students to read and translate literature written in the target language, and to further students’ general intellectual development.
-Long,elaborate explanations of the intrincacies of grammar are given.
Characteristics
-Reading of difficult texts is begun early.
-Much vocabulary is taught in the form of lists of isolated words.
His method used situations and themes as ways of organizing and presenting oral language - the famous Gouin "series," which includes sequences of sentences related to such activities as chopping wood and opening the door.
The Reform Movevement
They also laid down several influential principles of language teaching.
IPA that the focus of learning a language should be on the spoken language.
In the 1880’s, the International Phonetic Association was founded. IPA
The focus on spoken language also led to recommending the use of proper pronunciation and the use of conversation in the classroom.
The reforms brought about in language teaching at the end of the 19th century were for the purpose of improving language teaching.
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The direct method of teaching was developed as a response to the Grammar-Translation method. It sought to immerse the learner in the same way as when a first language is learn
Learners learn the language, not about the language
Learners have an active role.
The teacher explains new vocabulary using realia, visual aids or demonstrations.
Lively classroom procedures motivate the learner.
The learning is contextualised.
Variations of the method were used in schools, although more commonly in the private sector than in the public.
Educators recognized the need for speaking proficiency rather than reading comprehension, grammar.
He believed that language learning was facilitated through using language to accomplish events consisting of a sequence of related
He believed that language learning was facilitated through using language to accomplish events consisting of a sequence of related
Gouin developed an approach to teaching a foreign language based on his observations of children's use of language.
