(a) The Overview of Curriculum and the Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching related to approach, procedure, and design
The evolution of language teaching methods has transitioned from a focus on Latin, the predominant language of education and government centuries ago, to English, which is now the most studied language globally.
(a) The Overview of Curriculum and the Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching related to approach, procedure, and design
The influence of latin
english is the worlds most widely studied foreign or second language, 500 years ago it was latin, for it was the dominant language of education, comerce, religion, and government in the western world.
The emergence of methods
changes in the theories of the nature of language and of language learning.
changes in the goals of language teaching, such as a move toward oral proficiency rather than reading comprehension as the goal of language study.
Approach
refers to theories about nature language and language learning it referens to the "philosophy" or belief system that a method reflects.
The grammar-Translation Method
Vocabulary selection is based solely on the reading texts
Reading and writing are the major focus little or no systematic attention is paid to speaking or listening
foreing language study is to learn a language in orden to read its literature or in order to benefit from the mental discipline and intellectual devolopment that result from foreign language study
Design
the roles of teachers
the roles of learners
learning tasks and teaching activities the method advocates
selected and organized within the method, that is, the syllabus model the method incorporates.
Conclusion
approaches and methods in use today.
Objectives
teach general communication skill and give greater priority to the ability to express oneself meaningfull and to make oneself understood that to grammatical accuracy or perfect pronunciation.
Approach and method
referring to general principles and theories concerning how languages are learned, how knowledge of language is represented and organized in memory.