Unit 15 - Approaches to Language Teaching

Approaches to Language Teaching

This unit is focused on the different methods and approaches we can use in the classroom, there are many of them but the most common used are the PPP (presentation,practice, production) in which the grammatical structures and functions are the most essential aspect and it is taught first seeing new language then practicing through guided activities and then they are given situational presentations to produce the language by themselves, the Lexical Approach in which vocabulary is present  and it is learnt through chunks that are going to be used later in tasks to make the pupils develop alone, the Communicative Approaches in which communication is the focus, consequently function, grammar, vocabulary, discourse and skills are used trough interaction tasks, Grammar Translation, in which everything is made up of grammatical rules and language is learnt by analyzing those and then applying them, Total Physical Response in which grammar and vocabulary is the center and it is learnt movements and instructions, Task-Based Learning in which students complete a task to develop knowledge about functions and grammar,Guided discovery in which language patterns of meaning and use, Content-Based learning in which students are presented interesting topics to school subjects and the Content and language Integrated Learning in which learning is based on acquisition and the goal is also communication.
After citing all of these approaches, I can say teachers have plenty of methods to apply with their learners but it the job of them to look for the advantages and disadvantages of each one of them to reach the students expectations and make them feel motivated when learning, so a good or bad environment in the classroom is going to be built thank of the right or wrong decision on the approach choice.

References
Es.slideshare.net,. (2014). Language Teaching Approaches and Methods. Retrieved 6 December 2014, from http://es.slideshare.net/emma.a/language-teaching-approaches-and-methods

Shoebottom, P. (2014). Language teaching methods. Esl.fis.edu. Retrieved 6 December 2014, from http://esl.fis.edu/teachers/support/method.htm





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