GSE Materials and Methods Week 4

1. Welcome! 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 Wednesday 9/24/2014 Today’s Schedule Wednesday 9/24/2014

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 did 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

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? 1.Vocabulary - Core 2,000 words 2.Reading Skills

Chapter 3 Quiz 2. How did SLT developers view grammar? Underlying sentence patterns of spoken language. Methodologists categories grammar into sentence patterns

Chapter 3 Quiz 3. Explain what vocabulary/grammar selection, gradation, and presentation mean in your own words. 1.Selection - choosing the lexical or grammatical content 2.Gradation - the principles used to organize and sequence the content 3.Presentation – teaching techniques for practicing the content

Chapter 3 Quiz 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 established

Chapter 3 Quiz 5. What is the role of the students in SLT? What is one of the roles of the teacher? Students – early stages just listen and repeat, but later more active participation is encouraged Teachers: 3 roles Model – modeling new structures Conductor – uses questions, commands, etc. to elicit correct sentences Lookout (for errors) – to help students review

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

Discussion  What surprised you the most about this 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?

Review: Approaches, Methods, Techniques  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  Are the Oral Approach and Situational Language Teaching Methods or Approaches?  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  Are the Oral Approach and Situational Language Teaching Methods or Approaches?

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

Alternative Methods Presentation  Midterm assignment  Presentations are Oct. 15 th  5-10 minute presentation  PPTs, props, handouts, etc. encouraged  Contents can include: the background, approach, design, procedure, possible issues with the method, and what teachers today can use from the lesson  Students will take a comprehensive quiz at the end of the presentations (to see what you learned, and to see what you think about these methods)  Midterm assignment  Presentations are Oct. 15 th  5-10 minute presentation  PPTs, props, handouts, etc. encouraged  Contents can include: the background, approach, design, procedure, possible issues with the method, and what teachers today can use from the lesson  Students will take a comprehensive quiz at the end of the presentations (to see what you learned, and to see what you think about these methods)

Alternative Methods Sign UP  Total Physical Response:  The Silent Way:  Community Language Learning:  Suggestopedia:  Whole Language:  Multiple Intelligences:  Neurolinguistic Programming:  The Lexical Approach:  Competency-Based Language Teaching:  Total Physical Response:  The Silent Way:  Community Language Learning:  Suggestopedia:  Whole Language:  Multiple Intelligences:  Neurolinguistic Programming:  The Lexical Approach:  Competency-Based Language Teaching: