History of language teaching

  • Grammar translation

    grammar rules/ written exercises
  • Direct method (berlitz schools)

    started in usa.
    speaking and listening most important skills
  • (usa) audiolingual method+structuralist view of language.(UK) structural- situational method.

    focus on structures/ multiple choice/gap-fill/audio-lingual.
    presentation/practice/production
    present simple for routines
  • Humanistic approaches- Functional syllabuses

    personalization/ students assimilate best when they talk about themselves.
    communicative language teachin 1
    grouping bits language according to communicative functions
  • Communicative methodology

    communicative language teaching 2
    accuracy work and fluency work
  • Test-teach-test

    students are given a task without any prior teaching
  • Negotiate syllabus- task based approaches

    business English
  • Lexical views of language

  • Feedback- Noticing/consciousness raising

  • Grammaticisation

  • The modern integrated language teacher