Teacher centered emphasis
on the rules and structure
of target language
Isolated sentences to complex texts
Grammar-translation
More emphasis on development of
reading writing and grammar.
Became popular in the nineteenth century
memorization of rules and vocabulary lists
Less emphasis on oral language
development.
Direct
Focus on total immersion in L2: Sink or Swim
No use of L1 allowed in the classroom
Involves an open ended response to
materials the teacher brings into the
classroom.
Audiolingual
Grammar structures are carefully
sequenced and taught.
Minimal use of L1.
Emphasizes error correction drills and
repetitive practice designed to develope
particular language structures
Memorization and recall that become habbit
Some importance on context through
objects, photos, diagrams, and drawings.
Dialog taught in context; exposure was key
Teacher model; student practice
Originated in late nineteenth century
Direct method:
teachers model, students practice
less on explicit instruction more
on repetition and memorization
Dialogue memorization.
Repetition.
Mnemonics.
Kinetics
Used by troops in WW2
learning experiences must
emphasize the explicit
teaching of grammar
Rule based instruction
Communicative
Emerged in the 1960s
Due to concerns with
the effectiveness of
grammatical method
Learning through
communication,
constructivism, and
social interaction
Student-centered emphasis
on communication and
meaningful acquisition of
knowledge
Silent Way
Teacher does the talking and doing: All L2 not L1
Emphasis on pronunciation and word flow
Simple linguistic situations: observe and describe
Natural way
Stresses comprehensible input.
Comprehension proceeds production
language progression emerges in stages.
Communicative goals should guide instruction
Suggestopedia
Emphasis on relaxed physical setting: No Fear
Visual aides to support meaning with L1
explanations of test, working with text through
role play, conversation, and retelling
Not necessarily content-based
Integrated content-based
Emphasizes L2 development.
Based on Academic & Linguistic needs including
grade level collaboration across subject areas
Subject are content integrated into themed units
Sheltered instruction
Modified for grade level or second language
classroom as they have integrated language and
content objectives aligned with curriculum and
best practice standards for CDL students
Scaffold grade level instruction with hands on
applications/ modified grade-level content
Visuals, coop. learning, & guarded vocabulary
Sheltered instruction method
Scaffolding.
Guarded vocabulary.
Cooperative learning.
Hands-on activities
Reduced use of idioms.
Manipulative and realia.
Simulations / big books.
Heterogenious grouping
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol-SIOP
Should be designed to lower the affective filter
Referred to as the Natural Approach
learner developed own criteria for quality of
speaking, listening, and correction.
research and theory based
approach
Interpersonal interaction
leads to language
acquisition
Language Acquisition Device
Cognitive
Origins in 1980s and 90s research
Concerned with the structure
and nature of complex
knowledge processes
(discovering recognizing,
conceiving, judging,
reasoning, and reflecting)
Learning as knowledge
construction
Learner-centered focus on
explicit teaching of learning
strategies (LS) in communicative
ways
CALLA
Developmentally appropriate
language instruction with focus on
prior knowledge
Intentional focused on CALP
development in l1 and l2 as related
to content areas: emphasis on
academic language.
Explicit instruction in the
metacognitive learning strategy, the
cognitive learning strategy, and the
social or affective learning strategy
Content is introduced and scaffolded
with contextual supports and reduced
linguistic demands
Explicit instruction that targets both
content and language acquisition
In this method the learner expands
what he knows by adding new
information to prior knowledge.
This is an example of active
learning. It’s a complex dance
between declarative knowledge,
procedural knowledge, and
conditional knowledge that
eventually allows us to process
that in our environment and learn
from it. Johnson argued that
declarative and procedural were
the two most important processes
for automatization, or the
restructuring of large amounts of
information. In this model the
student is self-aware of his
learning, what he wants to achieve,
and the techniques to get him
there.
Relating known concepts to
known information in order to
facilitate learning.
References
Chamot, A. U. (2009). The CALLA Handbook: Implementing the Cognative
Academic Language Learning Approach (2nd ed.). White Plains, NY: Pearson
Education Inc.
Herrera, S. G., & Murry, K. G. (2011). Mastering ESL and Bilingual
Methods:Differentiated Instruction for Cullturally and Linguistically Diverse
(CLD) Students (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
History
Dates back to Mesopotamia
Most prevalent in the Middle
Ages, the 18th, the 19th, and
1st half of the 20th centuries
This approach, though used for
many many years essentially
fails in offering the best options
of instruction. Rather than
teaching students how to use a
language it focused on teaching
about the language. This is how
I felt in my high school Spanish
class when we would spend
weeks on conjugating verbs.
This method does not provide
students with comprehensible
input, and research has shown
that students that are educated
in this manner do worse on
standardized tests. This
method doesn't work well and
is outdated.
Typically staged but
environmentally variable
Vygotsky; Bakhtin; Brunner; Ansubel;
Papert; Krashen; Terrell; Echevarria;
Vogt; Short
This approach places a major
emphasis on communication and
stresses that it is the primary
objective in learning, which makes
sense. Why are we learning a new
language except to communicate
with it? The theoretical foundation
for this approach is constructivism.
Believing that people are born with
certain abilities to comprehend,
construct, and produce language,
theorists argued that learning took
place through interactions
between the learner’s mind and his
environment. Learners do not
require explicit instruction but
rather the environment in which
they can socially interact with
others and therefore construct the
language for themselves