3. TOPICS
-TWO APPROACHES TO TEACHING LANGUAGE
-THREE DIMENSIONS OF GRAMMAR
-PERSPECTIVES OF TEACHING GRAMMAR
THE IMPORTANCE OF GRAMMATICAL
KNOWLEDGE
-OWN EXPERIENCES : LEARNER AND TEACHER
4. TEFL
TEFL/TESOL
* TEFL : Teaching English as Foreing Language
* TESOL: Teaching English as Second Language
5. What does each one of these
involve?
*TEFL
By learning
Lexico grammar
*TESOL
Inmerse : by communicating
Two different means = same purpose
7. THE THREE DIMENSIONS
FORM : How is it form ?
ACCURACY
MEANING: What does it mean? MEANINGFULNESS
USE: When / Why is it used ?
APPROAPRIATENESS
She was walking home from school that day when she
ran into a friend.
8. Two approaches
Teaching with a focus on language use because
learning a language means communicating with the
new language
Teaching with a focus on language forms because
learning a language means learning the grammar and
lexicon of the new language
9. You ?
Your students ?
Me: I have learned both ways
My students: language use
communication
What activities can facilitate that ?
-singing songs
-reading news on line
-watching movies
- Social networks : facebook
10. Is it possible to use both of them
(perspectives) ?
Yes !!!
• Some language learners learn a language better in
context without any explicit formal instruction.
• Other language learners learn the language better
with explicit instruction in lexicogrammar
• The bottom line is teachers are better prepared to
assist the learning of their students if they have a
strong background in the grammar.
• View grammar with communicative end.
11. Types of instruction
• Teachers can explicitly teach grammar : rules and
exercises
• Teachers can implicitly teach grammar :tasks that
require - grammatical structures.
• Teachers can provide negative evidence showing
what is not possible in English. (I don’t like nothing)
12. Why is it important grammar
knowledge?
A teacher
should have strong knowledge:
Advantages :
*Better prepared to meet his/her students learning
needs.
*Is able to provide all learners appropiate exposure
13. Suggestions
Approach to grammar is eclectic /multifaceted
Grammar is accessible to teachers and students
without a great deal of linguistics background
Not all facts about a language are known already
Design meaningful activities : contextualized
situations.
14. Language learning
According to Illich (1972) “Learning is the human
activity which least needs manipulation by others.
Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is
rather the result of unhampered participation in a
meaningful setting.”
