Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Today, I had the first lesson the the above topic.
Just like Grammar in Discourse.... it is so dry.
The course requires us to use 'jargons' that we
teachers in the classroom do not use widely.
Dr Lim, (the lecturer) posed the question of what
are the approaches that we employ in the classroom.
Methods and techniques are part of application.
It was only after much deliberation that I understood
that Approaches are actually theory that propogate a
certain method or technique. For example, in
Communicative Approach, the method would be role-play.
The above is just an example.
He also talked about fluency and accuracy in language aquisition.
Fluency means the ability of the learner to construct a sentence
that may not be grammatically correct, while accuracy looks at
the grammar structure of the sentence.
My colleagues from the different Asian countries shared about
their experience in introducing the different approach in the
teaching of English language. It was a great insight to hear
what they are doing.
I have to go now. Will write soon.
*
any comment?
>