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WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TEACH A LANGUAGE?
CONCLUSIONS
E—MAILS CONNECT STUDENTS WITH OTHER STUDENTS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
CLASSROOM ARE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO THE WORLD
LEARNING OCCURS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
VIDEO AND COMPUTERS A COMMON TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE
LANGUAGE LAB CONVERTED TO A MULTIMEDIA CENTER
EXPLORATORY AND REFLECTIVE APPROACHES TO TEACHING
BOTTOM—UP APPROACHES TO TEACHING
POST—METHODS ERA
then
TEACHING LARGELY BOOK AND PAPER—BASED
THE TEACHER WAS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF INPUT
TEACHING AND LEARNING TOOK PLACE IN THE CLASSROOM
SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS STILL INSTALLING LANGUAGE LABS
PRESCRIPTIVISM IN TEACHING
TOP—DOWN APPROACHES TO TEACHING
METHODS SEEN AS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL LANGUAGE TEACHING
4.- Influences from corporate sector
PEDAGOGICAL CHANGES
now
MATERIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
SYLLABUS & LP
before
TESTING
COURSE DESIGN
TEACHERS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATE MANAGEMENT
STANDARDS
PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES
RESOURCES
ORGANIZATIONAL
PLANNING
STRATEGIES
2.- Communicative approaches
STILL ON STAGE
DUE TO
LEARNING IS A GRADUAL PROCESS THAT INVOLVES TRIAL AND ERROR
COMMUNICATION INVOLVES THE INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGE SKILLS
FLUENCY AND ACCURACY ARE BOTH IMPORTANT DIMENSIONS OF COMMUNICATION
AUTHENTIC AND MEANINFUL COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE THE GOAL OF CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
LEARNERS LEARN A LANGUAGE THROUGH USING IT TO COMMUNICATE
THE GOAL OF LANGUAGE LEARNING IS COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
examples of those principles are
Task—Based Instruction
Cooperative Language Learning
Content Based Instruction
QUESTIONS
If you are aware that one of the difficulties for L2 learning is the practice outside the classroom, what strategies would you apply for in the classroom and out of the classroom learning of the students? Why?
What type of teaching methodology do you apply in your classroom: Top—down or Bottom up? Which do you think is better for your students?
3.- Context and resources
CHANGES IN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
THE BIRTH OF THE SMART CLASSROOM
THE END OF THE LANGUAGE LAB
NOT ONLY THE CLASSROOM BUT EVERYWHERE
CHANGES IN LEARNING CONTROL
ONCE TEACHER CENTERED NOW LEARNER CENTERED
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RESOURCES
MULTIMEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA
INTERNET
1.- The decline of methods
TO THE END OF XX CENTURY
DECLINE OF THE METHODS
FROM 1970 TO THE 1980s
PRESCRIPTIVISM
TOP DOWN APPROACH
COMMUNICATIVE APPROACHES
COUNSELING LEARNING
THE SILENT WAY
TPR
BEFORE THE 1970s
AUDIOLINGUALISM
