Some basic principles of teaching language

1. Informal use – T

2. The teacher sets a pattern and replies. T – T

3. The teacher questions the class and invites them to respond. T – C

4. The teacher questions the individual students. T – S

5. Students work in pairs. S – S

6. Group work

• The lesson deveops ;
• * from controlled to free production
• * from teacher dominated to student
• dominated activity.

• 11. Students need to learn how to learn.
• The more students understand about the process of learning the foreign language, the more they will be able to take responsibility for their own learning.

• 12. Useful and fun are better than either alone.
• Students are UNLIKELY to be very successful at learning anything UNLESS they enjoy the process.

• 13. Language is a natural activity.

• A: Is Peter shorter or taller than
• Jack ?
• B: Jack is shorter than Peter.
• A: Ah, so Jack is not as tall as
• Peter.
• This is an example of language-like behaviour .

• 13. Language is a means of communication.
• Thus, sometimes, focus on only
• communication and interaction.

• T: Good morning everybody. Please
• sit down.
• C : Good morning.
• T : Well, did you watch the game last
• night?
• S1: I didn’t go, but I seed it on TV.
• T : You did whattt?
• S1: I seed it on TV.
• T : ...

• X

• T: Seed? Is that right? .... remember, it’s irregular... We say watch, watched, but we don’t say see, seed. What do we say ... ?
• S2: saw
• T: That’s right. Saw. So what did you do S1?
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