How to teach language

Focus on the Study S: Vocabulary  Pronunciation How to teach LANGUAGE... What does language study consist of?.  Exposure to the language  Understand its meanings  Understand its f

Focus on the Study (S):

 Vocabulary

 Pronunciation

How to teach

LANGUAGE

What does language study

consist of?

 Exposure to the language

 Understand its meanings

 Understand its forms

 Practice language

Exposing Ss to language

 Purpose: to give Ss chances to hear or

see the new language

 How?

 T’s oral modeling / presentation

 tapes, videotapes, VCD

 transcripts

 reading texts

 corpus data

 …

Understanding meanings

Techniques:

 using real objects / realia

 giving gestures & expressions

 using pictures (photos, cards,

drawings…)

 providing definitions

 giving synonyms / antonyms

 giving situations, contexts

 providing sets of examples

 having Ss use a dictionary

 using check questions

Understanding language

forms

What are language forms?

 stress patterns

 intonation

Understanding language

forms

Techniques

 demonstration – usually with

exaggeration –for sounds, stress,

intonation

 clapping hands, flicking fingers for

stress

 using fingers ( for simple structures, contractions)

 writing pronunciation, tables on board

 getting Ss physically in line

 giving discovering activities w/

guidance questions

Practicing language

Techniques

 repetition drills

 substitution drills

 question & answer exchange

w/t prompt words

Teach GRAMMAR

Teaching Grammar

What are the approaches of teaching grammar?

EXAMPLE

S RULES

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e Inductiv

e

Integrating Grammar

using a PPP model

rule

explanation

exercises focus on accuracy

automisation focus on fluency

Presentati

Integrating Grammar

using a Task-based model

Focus on real

use of

language

Identify

language

feature

Treat language problem

Re-perform the original task

Integrating Grammar

using a skill-based model

Available

source

Student’s production

Teach VOCABULARY

Teaching Vocabulary

polyse mes

homon yms

synony

ms & antony ms

word famili es

collocati

ons

word

class

es

word

formati

on

lexic al chun ks

…

Teach PRONUNCIATION

Teaching Pronunciation

st re ss

ion

phon

etic

sym

bols

sound

s

intonati on

Correcting mistakes

Techniques

 repetition with raising voice

 offering choices

 self correction

 peer correction

 …