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Jan 1, 1500
Grammar Translation Method
GTMThe grammar translation method is a method of teaching foreign languages derived from the classical (sometimes called traditional) method of teaching Greek and Latin. In grammar-translation classes, students learn grammatical rules and then apply those rules by translating sentences between the target language and the native language. -
The Direct Method
DMDirect method is a method of teaching language directly establishing a direct or immediate association between experience and expression,between the English word,phrase or idiom and its meaning through demonstration, dramatization without the use of the mother tongue -
The Audiolingual Method
ALMThe audio-lingual method, Army Method, or New is a style of teaching used in teaching foreign languages. It is based on behaviorist theory which professes that certain traits of living things, and in this case humans, could be trained through a system of reinforcement—correct use of a trait would receive positive feedback while incorrect use of that trait would receive negative feedback. -
The total physical response method
TPRTotal physical response (TPR) is a language teaching method developed by James Asher, a professor emeritus of psychology at San José State University. It is based on the coordination of language and physical movement. In TPR, instructors give commands to students in the target language, and students respond with whole-body actions.The method is an example of the comprehension approach to language teaching. -
The Silent Way Method
SWThe Silent Way is a language-teaching method created by Caleb Gattegno that makes extensive use of silence as a teaching technique. Gattegno introduced the method in 1963, in his book Teaching Foreign Languages in Schools: The Silent Way. Gattegno was critical of mainstream language education at the time, and he based the method on his general theories of education rather than on existing language pedagogy. -
The Desuggestopedia Method
SuggestopediaThis method is based on the pioneering efforts in 1967 of Bulgarian medical doctor, hypnotist, and psychology professor Georgi Lozanov and on his techniques into super learning. He believes as does Silent Way´s Caleb Gattegno that language learning can occur at a much faster rather than ordinarily transpires. The reason for our inefficiency, Lozanov asserts, is that we set up physichological barriers to learning: We feel that we will be unable to perform, that we will be limited in our ability. -
The Community Language Learning Method
CLLThe Community Language learning takes its principle from the more general counseling-learning approach developed by Charles A. Curran. He studied adult learning for many years and was influenced by Carl Rogers´ humanistic psychology to find that adults often feel threatened by the change inherent in learning and by the fear that they will appear foolish. Therefore, a way to dealt with the students’ problems (fears) is for a teacher to become ‘language counselor’. -
Communicative language teaching
CLTCommunicative language teaching enables learners to acquire a language by focusing on the development of communicative competence. To do this, communicative language teachers use materials that focus on the language needed to express and understand different kinds of functions. (Examples include asking for things, describing people, expressing likes and dislikes and telling time.) CL teachers also emphasize the processes of communication -
Content Based Approach
CBA Content-based approach to second language acquisition is a well established method among language instructors. The idea of increasing language proficiency as the student takes a course in another academic discipline works . The strength of the content-based method is that language learning is contextualized and purposeful.
