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