interdisciplinary 韦慧华 薛媛.pptVIP

FOUR METHODS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING By 韦慧华 薛媛 03研 Introduction: A Retrospective of Foreign Language Teaching Methodology 1st period: the period of Classical language teaching (before 1880): Grammar- Translation Method 2nd period: the beginning of Modern Language Teaching (from 1880 to the 1st world war): Direct method 3rd period: the Development of Modern Language Teaching (from the first world war to ’70) : Audio-lingual Method 4th period: the intensification of Modern Language Teaching (after ’70): Communicative Approach Grammar-Translation Method Approaches: Accuracy emphasized Grammar taught deductively Native language-----medium of instruction The Direct method Principles Methods Begin with spoken language Inductive teaching of grammar Classroom instruction conducted in mother tongue Factual texts Systematic oral training and exercise Exposure to living speech What the class will be like when the teacher uses different method? Experiencing the four methods: Four elementary level adult English classes we make up at a university in China Teaching methods: Grammar-Translation Method Direct Method Audio-Lingual Method Communicative Approach Number of students: 30 Teaching content: a short funny English story in about 40 words about watching TV at home. Experiencing the four methods: A little funny story: Is Jim Clever? One day, Jim and his brother were watching TV. Suddenly Jim turned off the TV. “Why do you turn it off?” asked his brother. “I want to drink water and I don’t want to miss the TV program.” replied Jim. Grammar-Translation Method The teacher teaches some new words first, eg, watch, miss, program; then goes through the whole passage sentence by sentence, and translates them into Chinese; meanwhile explains some key grammatical points in the passage, such as past continuous tense, the phrases: turn off and turn on and asks the students to do some exercises about them. Alterna