GSE Materials and Methods Week 3

1. Material of the Week 2. Review Chpt. 3 – small groups 3. Quiz 4. The Oral Approach and Situational Language Teaching/ALM 5. Discussion Today’s Schedule Thursday 3/20/2014 Today’s Schedule Thursday 3/20/2014

Material of the Week   Good for:  Practicing listening skills  Learning a new dialect  Learning about English speakers from around the world  Appreciating the world’s many Englishes  As a bonus for you (the teacher):  Practice cool and sexy foreign accents!  Upload your own dialect sample for the world to hear!   Good for:  Practicing listening skills  Learning a new dialect  Learning about English speakers from around the world  Appreciating the world’s many Englishes  As a bonus for you (the teacher):  Practice cool and sexy foreign accents!  Upload your own dialect sample for the world to hear!

Review Chapter 3  Review in your group  Vocabulary control  Grammar control  Selection, gradation, and presentation  Characteristics of SLT  Student and teacher roles  Review in your group  Vocabulary control  Grammar control  Selection, gradation, and presentation  Characteristics of SLT  Student and teacher roles

Chapter 3 Quiz 1.Which of the two areas of language learning (reading, writing, grammar, speaking, vocabulary, listening) most greatly influenced the developers of SLT? 2.How do SLT developers view grammar? 3.Explain what vocabulary/grammar selection, gradation, and presentation mean in your own words. 1.Selection 2.Gradation 3.Presentation 4.Which of the following is not a characteristic of SLT ? 1.language teaching begins with the spoken language, 2.new language points are taught situationally, 3.translating material word for word is emphasized, 4.reading and writing is introduced once grammar and vocabulary is well established 5.What is the role of the students in SLT? What is one of the roles of the teacher?

The Oral Approach and Situational Language Teaching  1920s-1960s  developed by linguists and applied linguists  core 2,000 words discovered, grammar sequenced  originally called the Oral Approach, but “Situational” was added later after sequencing of language points was emphasized  Not spoken of much today, but had a huge impact on language teaching  1920s-1960s  developed by linguists and applied linguists  core 2,000 words discovered, grammar sequenced  originally called the Oral Approach, but “Situational” was added later after sequencing of language points was emphasized  Not spoken of much today, but had a huge impact on language teaching

Review: About Methods  What do you think the difference is between approaches, methods, and techniques?

Review: Approaches, Methods, Techniques  Hierarchical setup  Approach – how to teach a given subject  Method – plan for the orderly presentation of a language  Technique – a strategy to accomplish an objective in class  Hierarchical setup  Approach – how to teach a given subject  Method – plan for the orderly presentation of a language  Technique – a strategy to accomplish an objective in class

Discussion  What surprised you the most about this new method?

Discussion  The textbook said that the Oral Approach is still widely used in some regards, but not widely acknowledged. In what ways have you seen aspects of the Oral Approach/Situational Language Teaching used in English classes?

Discussion  Imagine you were a language teacher in the 1920s-1960s. Which method would you choose for your class, GTM, the Direct Method or the Oral Approach? Why?

Next time: Audio Lingual Method  Our last major 20th century language method  Sound be fun!  Our last major 20th century language method  Sound be fun!