UNIT 15 APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE TEACHING

 

 

 

 

APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE TEACHING

 

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT language technique it is related to the way we see the language, as we know it is a set of grammar rules so when we learn a language it is involved into the learning process. Another point is that approaches have to do with the different methods of teaching we can apply in the classroom. Marlene D. LeFever in her book (Creative Teaching Methods, 1985) mentions about the “DO IT “rule she says that “I wish I were more creative is the consistent cry of teachers, and part of the wish is within reach.” I recommend those teachers to do it, and organize their ideas in a better way.

At this point we have the communicative approaches and the communicative activities. Additionally there are plenty of approaches to teach. One of them is the Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP), in which the teacher presents the topic, asks students to do some exercises and asks them to produce what they have learned during that time. And then we have the lexical Approach, the main point here is the acquisition of      vocabulary, the different kinds of chunks collocations, and idioms

 

The functional approach , which  is graded according to their practical times.

According to Jack C. Richards, Theodore S. Rodgers (Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, 1986) says that “Grammar translation is a way of studying a language that approaches the language”. it means that it is the study of grammatical rules presented through grammatical terms.

As i consider those as the most appropiate aproaches i would like to use them with my students throug grames in which learning and acquaring new terms id going to be the main point.

Bibliography:

Creative Teaching Methods. (1985). United States.

Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. (1986). New York .