The ppp approach to communicative language teaching.

1. Toward Better Teaching:
The PPP Model
BY
Yousof Assahafi
Makkah
1431

2. General Objective
To be able to conduct a productive
lesson according to the 3Ps model

3. Detailed Objectives
1. To introduce the 3Ps Model.
2. To identify the Pros and Cons of the
model.
3. To get familiar with the suitable
activities for each phase.
4. To introduce a sample lesson.
5. To prepare a lesson according to the
model.

5. The Three Ps
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Dear teacher what
do you think the
3Ps stand for?
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6. The Three Ps
Presentation
Dear teacher,
What do you think
takes place in each
step?
Practice
Production

7. Language learning goals
Present
Practice
Produce
– Introduce / revise target
language
– Use language in a
meaningful way
Communicate in a
meaningful way

9. Activity: Time to think
• Dear Teacher:
Work with your group and try to write
down what takes place in each step. Provide
examples of the activities/techniques that can
be implemented in each stage.

10. Presentation: Different Possibilities
• The teacher presents new words or
structures, gives examples, writes them on the
board, etc.
• The teacher first ‘present’ the new language,
possibly by playing a recording dialogue or
getting the learners to read a written text.”

11. Practice: Different Possibilities
• Students practice using words or structures in
a controlled way, e.g. making sentences form
prompts, asking and answering questions, giving
sentences based on a picture. Practice can be
oral or written.
• The new language is practiced in a controlled
way, possibly by completing written exercises
using the new language or in controlled pair
work practicing similar dialogues.

12. Production: Different Possibilities
Students use language they have learnt to
express themselves more freely, e.g. to talk or
write about their own lives and interests, to
express opinions, or imagine themselves in
different situations. Like practice, production
can be oral or written.
(Doff 97)

13. Drilling
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Repetition drills
Guessing games
Disappearing text
Dialogue building
Mingle activities
Information gaps
Songs, rhymes and chants

14. Notes on Drilling
• Drilling is not a new or a fashionable
classroom technique, but, when used
appropriately in the classroom, it can be of
great value to our learners.
• Only drill language that will benefit from
being drilled (for example if it causes
pronunciation problems)

15. Notes on Drilling
• Don't drill too much and keep drilling stages
lively.
• Respond to your learners' needs - drill if
you, or they, think it will help them pronounce
or memorize words or language chunks.
• Vary the way in which you do drills to help
make the language more memorable

16. An Example of a PPP lesson
(elementary level)
Giving Directions
First, the teacher might present the target
language by asking the learners to listen to a
recording of someone asking for directions and
to complete some sentences on a worksheet.
The sentences would include the language of
directions. The learners then practice this
language using simple maps provided by the
teacher.

17. An Example of a PPP lesson
(elementary level)
Finally, they can produce the language more
freely by giving directions to places they
actually know, possibly using real maps brought
into the classroom for this purpose by the
teacher or drawn by the learners themselves.

19. Activity: Advantages of the 3Ps
Dear Teacher:
Brainstorm with your group and list as many
advantages of the 3Ps model of teaching.

20. Advantages of the PPP Model
• Makes life easier for the teacher
• Language presented in context
• Integrates all the skills into lesson
• Flexible presentation stages
• Traditionally students like controlled practice
• Builds confidence
• In stages 2 and 3 teacher can help weaker
students
• Helps lead learners towards autonomy

21. Advantages of the PPP Model
• PPP lessons provide clear and simple
structure of the lesson.
• Lesson are easy to prepare because the
materials used are ordered from the simplest
to the most difficult and types of activities
are arranged from the most controlled to the
least controlled.

22. Advantages of the PPP Model
• Availability of materials.
• The teacher sees the progress of students in
the lesson clearly and easily.
• Relatively easy for beginner students and
• Effective communication

23. Activity: Application Time
Dear Teacher:
Now its your turn to apply what you have
learned. Working with your group, choose a
lesson then write a lesson plan in which you
implement the 3Ps model.

24. Time for Reflection
Dear Teacher:
How can applying the 3Ps
model enhance your students
learning process?