Methodology for tesol second Language Teaching Methods

Communicative Language Teaching

Humanistic approach

• Objective is to enable the learner to function communicatively in L2
• Grammar and vocabulary are presented in communicative situations Teacher is a facilitator and guide
• Classroom tasks give students with the skills necessary for communication in unrehearsed contexts outside the classroom
• Students are given opportunities to focus on their own learning process
• Students are encouraged to construct meaning through interaction with others

Method

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Communicative Language Teaching

Goal and purpose of language teaching is communication

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Focuses on use, meaning, and interaction

Method

Post-Methods Era

• We are now in a Post-Methods Era
• Teaching methods must be flexible and adaptable to learners’ needs and interests
• Approaches and methods are not culturally universal
• Teachers should:
• become familiar with the major teaching approaches and methods proposed for teaching L2
• be able to use approaches and methods flexibly and creatively based on their own judgement and experience
• transform and adapt the methods they use to make them their own