2013 Fall Semester- Week 2

Introduction 1. It was called the Classical Methods. 2. It was used to help students to read and appreciate foreign language literature. 3. It was hoped to help students become familiar with the grammar of their native language through the study of target language grammar.

Experience (1) 1. Reading a passage: The Boys’ Ambition from Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi 2. Read aloud and translate into native language (Spanish) 3. Answer the comprehension questions 4. Answer the inference questions 5. Reading the questions and answer them

Experience (2) 6. Vocabulary instruction 7. Opposite word learning 8. Instruction of cognate 9. Grammar instruction: two-word verbs 10. Word and idiom learning

Experience (3) 11. Translate the reading passage into native language 12. State the rules of two-word verbs 13. Doing exercises of grammar 14. Write a composition in the target language about an ambition they have 15. Memorize the vocabulary items and write sentences of the for them 16. A quiz on grammar, vocabulary, and translation

Thinking about the experience(1)  Principles: 1. The ability to communicate in the target language is not a goal of foreign language instruction. 2. The primary skills to be developed are reading and writing. Little attention is given to speaking and listening, and almost none to pronunciation. 3. The teacher is the authority in the classroom. It is very important that students get the correct answer.

Thinking about the experience (2) 4. It is possible to find native language equivalents for all target language words. 5. Learning is facilitated through attention to similarities between the target language and the native language. 6. It is important for students to learn about the form of the target language.

Thinking about the experience (3) 7. Deductive application of an explicit grammar rule is a useful pedagogical technique. 8. Language learning provides good mental exercise. 9. Students should be conscious of the grammatical rules of the target language. 10. Wherever possible, verb conjugations and other grammatical paradigms should be committed to memory.

Review the principles and techniques Answer the 10 questions based on the observation of techniques and principles 9 techniques are reviewed: translation of a literary message, reading comprehension questions, antonyms/ synonyms, cognates, deductive application of rules, fill-in-the-blanks exercise, memorization, use word in sentences, composition

Conclusion and Activities  Conclusion : Is translation a valuable exercise?  Activities: 1. Check your understanding of the Grammar- Translation Method? 2. Apply What you have understood about the Grammar-Translation method.

Home work for week 2 1. e-portfolio: Life journal- selecting three important principles from the PPT 2. e-portfolio: wiki- Grammar Translation Method 3. e-portfolio: picture- upload the picture of Professor Diane Larsen-Freeman