The direct method
The direct method, the natural method, came as a reaction for the Grammar- Translation method because Grammar-translation method was not powerful enough for preparing students in using the target language. That reflected the purpose of creating a method that have student ready to communicate in the second language. As the Grammar-Translation allows students to participate in and use the native language of students which why they rejected this approach. After I have studied this method, I have found that it focus on spoken language rather than written language and I like its concept because spoken language is important for me or for the most language learners. That is, spoken language is used more often than written and which
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One of Direct method advantages are that does not teach about languages but it teaches language itself and its use. It is also taught in similar way that first language is acquired, so it is follow the natural order of acquisition. Thus, students’ spoken language is given priority by using commonly day language. That would prompt students to study because what they are leaning is exist in really life. Moreover, this method has become well-known for those who want to communicate in real life speech because it emphasize on spoken rather than other …show more content…
They did not stop students and correct them if the learning session is ongoing because interpreting student could keep them behind and then they become afraid of making mistakes. Thus, they stop participating and they wouldn 't learn the target language. Teachers in the American Language institute prefer the direct method and they integrate it with another deductive method which have student ……. This method is applied by of the teacher i met they. She had student picked up some idioms and they did role play in groups. Each group had to come up with a scene involved in some idioms that they were required to perform in front of students. If the students did not mention the idioms correctly and accurately, she went over them when they finished. She also inquired student to count on how many idioms they got out of ten if they got them all that means their performance was great. Having student acting in a situation similar to the real one enhances students memory to recall in the same situation in the future. That is, they matched with a real events apparently would store in the long term memory. They also would be able to use it in the exact setting that requires them to use this kind of idioms. Involving expression that is related to our daily life speech would evoke students to learn more and more because of
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It is fun, and while all the fun is being enjoyed, an incredible amount of language is pouring into these students' heads, through listening, reading, watching videos and learning lines off by heart.
...ould need to have a solid grasp of what they (the upper level student) were showing the lower level student. This would be more like tutoring. Adversely a student with little or no knowledge of a language can be placed in an environment that speaks only the language they are currently learning and become proficient in it rather quickly.
racie Allen of the comedy team of Burns and Allen was once asked how one should speak French. She replied, “Well, you speak it the same way you speak English; you just use different words.” When trying to assist in instructing English language learners, they usually have many concepts and language abilities that they need to master, as do the teachers that are trying to teach them. With the incorporation of the concepts and approaches to identify and assess the issues and concerns that we have learned in our classroom instruction, such as lesson preparation, building background, and comprehensible input, we can indeed teach our future English language learners all the right moves with all the right words.
...he assignment or did not try their best. Another one of the strategies that I have seen quite often is the disrupting student read-aloud. This has happened to me while teaching many times. I honestly most times thought that these children were causing a ruckus and interrupting because they had behavior issues. Now after reading this section I am much more aware that the instances I have encountered could have been just the child not understanding. After reading this article I feel like I have a fresh and new look on how to better spot children who are falling behind in their language proficiency.
English Language Learners range from Newcomers learning survival English and developing foundational literacy skills to Long-Term English Learners who have had 6 years or more of their education in English yet continue have significant language gaps. These students may speak English with little or no accent and still lack the vocabulary, grammar and grade level literacy to be successful in school. English language learners may remain silent in the classroom as they adjust to a new school, environment, and culture unless he is a native language comrade to interact with. The English language learners are concerned about decoding verbal and non- verbal communication as well as understanding the social culture framework of the school. Most of the time English language learners are observing during instruction, trying to repeat words used by others, memorizing simple phrases and sentences, tired by midday or be frustrated attending long lectures unaccompanied by visual and gestures, relying on first language translation used peer translation or bilingual dictionary, as the students begin to learner they become more involved in the classroom, they can respond non-verbally to commands, statements, and questions in simple form. As their oral comprehension increases, they begin to use simple word and phrases and may use English spontaneously. They can understand short conversation on a simple topic when reading students can understand a narrative text and authentic materials, although they will be below
After took the course of TES 7410, I had a deeper understanding of language teaching. Before I learned the course, I had knew nothing about the methodology except for the GTM (the Grammar Translation Method) which is the most common method in English teaching in China. Because I am a student all the times but not a teacher, I just know a little about language teaching. All the impressions of language teaching are from my teachers in English classes in the past. The professor not only showed the theories and methods to us in the class, but also practiced with the students. The learning process was pretty good because it provided us a chance to feel the different theories and methods as students. I am glad to contact with all kinds of methodology in this course which can make me know more about the field of language teaching. Only you experience various teaching methods, you can realize the advantage and disadvantage of each method in the teaching.
For example, the class I just observed on last Thursday, the teacher shows the map and also plays the documentary to students which attracts students’ attention and they get the most correct answers in a small quiz at the end of the class. SDAIE also utilizes students’ interpersonal and Intrapersonal intelligence. Teacher pairs ELL students and native English speakers as a group to participate the activities because the teacher believes that their interpersonal intelligence will help ELLs to absorb the knowledge. In the history class I observed, the teacher pairs two student as a group to do the jeopardy game. I can see this way is very effective and useful.
The idea to include L1 as part of the language teaching system has been debated upon in recent years. The strong anti-L1 suggest on a complete prohibition of L1 in classrooms, while many others see L1 as a tool to better students’ learning of the TL. This section will highlight the pros and cons arguments for using the L1 in classrooms, along with further evidence supporting the advantages mother tongue bring to the language learning, and teaching process.
A major proportion of class time is taken up by teachers talking in front of the classroom(Nunan & Bailey, 2009). No matter what teaching strategies or methods a teacher uses, it is necessary to give directions, explain activities and check students’ understanding (Richards & Schimdt, 1985). This clearly emphasizes the importance of teacher talk in language classrooms. Walsh (2011) claimed that teacher talk is more important in language classroom than any other classroom since in this context the language being used by teacher is not only the means of acquiring new knowledge; it is also the goal of the study.
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As a teacher language is the most important tool in order to support student learning. The book Elementary Classroom Management by Kerry Williams discusses how language is an important tool to use “language can be a powerful vehicle for activating thought, and as teachers we need to be aware of the role it is playing” (ref pg. 196). The use of words and tone that the teacher uses to the students is significant in the behaviour of students. For example if a student is displaying
In the article, “Current Developments in Research on the Teaching of Grammar” by Hossein Nassaji and Sandra Fotos two main issues had been discussed. The first one is whether grammar teaching make any differences to language learning where the questions raised are whether grammar should be taught or not. The second issue is what kinds of grammar teaching have been suggested to facilitate second language learning. If grammar should be taught, how much and should it be implicit or explicit grammar teaching? Lastly, the article discussed on the current approaches to grammar teaching in which formal instruction can be integrated with communicative activities which are processing instruction, interactional feedback, textual enhancement, task-based
...before she introduced the new terms and vocabulary. Finally, Bruner investigated how adults use language to mediate the world for children and help them solve problems. Children learn effectively through scaffolding by adults. This technique is based on taking step by step for building knowledge. It suggests that a teacher can scaffold children learning in different ways. For example, students face difficulties in reading lessons in the first stages; therefore, the teacher has to use visual and auditory materials before she enrolls in the lesson, such as realia, pictures, and videos. This will helps the child to predict what the story is about. In addition, she has to introduce the new terms which are difficult for a child to pronounce it. These techniques and instructional strategies are most effective for teaching English as a foreign language for young learners.
The Direct Method teaches language in the identical way in which the child first learns his mother tongue. The language is prepared through illustration and conversations in surroundings. As Direct Method put stress on speech, students obtain flow in speech. They think directly in English without the involvement of the mother tongue. They are fast at comprehending spoken English. The Direct Method learners also have good pronunciation of each word. Students who are learned through this method speak in English with great potential. In Direct Method language is taught through presentation. The Direct Method makes use of audio-visual cooperation. The use of these cooperation promote learning and makes lesson fascinating. It promotes reading and writing. Learners can speak in flow, they also write impartially quickly and rightly. In classrooms that allow students to up and down between languages, thinking in English is dejected in difference, a classroom that engages students in English demands them to do more thinking in English. By using the Direct Method, students are able to understand what they learn, think about it and then express their own ideas in correct and even ask question about words they are enable to understand and knows English about what they have read and learnt. Classes who have few students, so the power of the learning process can be enhanced. In direct method translation cannot be used. The interaction goes from both ways like teacher to student and from student to