Topic: Learner roles Objectives 1. Students will be able to give comments on learner roles in different method.

Lesson One Giving comments on learner roles in different method Pre-task activities Step One: Elicit students’ understanding of learner roles in different method While-task activities Step Two: discussing and Giving comments on learner roles in different method Post-task activities Step Three: making speech to support your view on learner roles .

Learner roles In the Grammar-translation Method In the Direct Method In the Audiolingual Method In the Communicative Approach In the Activities-based Approach

In the Grammar-translation Method Passive learners. The students do as the teacher says , so they can learn what he knows. There is little student initiation and little student-student interaction,

In the Direct Method The student role is less passive than in the Grammar-translation Method  

In the Audiolingual Method Learners are viewed as organisms that can be directed by skilled training techniques to produce correct responses. Learners play a reactive role by responding to stimuli , and thus have little control over the content, pace, or style of learning . They are not encouraged to initiate interaction, because this may lead to mistakes.

In the Communicative Approach Students are communicators. They learn to communicate by communicating . Students are seen as more responsible managers of their own learning

In the Activities-based Approach to overcome communication breakdown l  use negotiating strategies l   develop specific skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing

Teacher roles In the Grammar-translation Method In the Direct Method In the Audiolingual Method In the Communicative Approach

In the Grammar-translation Method The teacher is the authority in the classroom..  

In the Direct Method The teacher directs the class activities. The teacher and the students are more like partners in the teaching/learning process.

In the Audiolingual Method The teacher’ role is central and active. The teacher is dominated in the classroom. The teacher models the target language, controls the direction and pace of learning and monitors and corrects the learners’ performance.

In the Communicative Approach The teacher is the facilitator of his students’ learning, organizer, manager responsible for establishing situations to promote communication. He is an advisor answering students’ Qs and monitoring their performance, a co-communicator and a counselor