Some basic principles of teaching language

SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING LANGUAGE

• 1. Learning is more important than teaching.
• TEACHING is NOT the terminal objective of what happens in the classroom, but THE CHANGES IN THE STUDENTS’ BEHAVIOUR upon which success and failure depend.

• Teachers should not always focus on their own role in the classroom.
• Students and their learning are more important than the syllabus, the book and the teacher.

• 2. Teach the students , not the book.
• The teacher the textbook
• the syllabus
• [Finishing the book in a certain time]

• It may be necessary ;
• To prepare additional practices on particolar points.
• To go back and study again a unit which has caused particular difficulties.
• To abandon the day’s lesson plan becausesome problems occur, which neither the teacher nor the book has foreseen.

• 3. Involve the students in the learning process.
• If the students are involved in what happens or will happen in the classroom, they are more likely to enjoy the subject.
• Questionaries will work.

• Motivation
• When the purpose of an activity is clear to the students, they are more motivated. They should know why some particular things are happening.

• 4. Do not tell students what they can tell you .
• When it is neccessary to remind of the previous lesson, it should not be the teacher who does this ; the students could be questioned.
• Students should be given opportunity to give alternative language of their own.

• After studying a text, instead of expaining words, students should be asked first, using concept questions.
• When students are shown some pictures, let them talk about the picture.

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