Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Natural Approach
- Proposed by Tracy Terrell in 1977, as a
new philosophy of language
- This was an attempt to develop a language
teaching proposal that incorporated the
“naturalistic” principles researchers had
identified in studies of second language
acquisition.
- This approach grew through
the Terrel´s experience
when he taught Spanish
classes in California.
- Used in several
language teaching.
- Other important exponent was Stephen
Krashen. They (Terrel and Krashen) joined
forces applying linguist at the University of
Southern California
- Krashen and Terrel
- They combined practices and
statements of this approach
- Also, they wrote the book The Natural
Approach that was published in 1983. It had
an important interest because it contained
theoretical sections about second language
acquisition.
- identified the Natural Approach with
what they call “traditional” approaches
to language teaching.
- The Natural Method is another
term for what by 1900 had
become known as the Direct
Method
- Natural Approach
and Natural Method
are synonymous
terms.
- The term natural, used in reference to the
Direct Method, merely emphasized that
the principles underlying the method
were believed to conform to the
principles of naturalistic language
learning in young children.