- •Methods of Foreign Language Teaching and its relation to other sciences.
- •Speak about the fundamental principles foreign language teaching should be based upon and name the specific principles which, you think, must be observed in teaching English at schools.
- •Aims of Foreign Language Teaching
- •Content of Foreign Language Teaching
- •Grammar Translation Method. Principles and techniques.
- •Direct Method. Principles and techniques.
- •Total Physical Response. Principles and techniques.
- •Audio-lingual method. Principles and techniques
- •Principles and techniques of Suggestopedia.
- •Communicative language teaching. Principles and techniques.
- •How do you understand the term “communicative competence in teaching a foreign language”? Types of Communicative Competence in foreign language teaching.
- •Intercultural communication and its role in foreign language teaching.
- •Grammar is very important in foreign language learning. Why? What were the most common difficulties you had in teaching English grammar at school?
- •How do you think, what is meant by correct pronunciation? What will you do to improve you student’s pronunciation skills? Prepare pronunciation drill for one of the lessons for beginners.
- •Comment on the main stages of teaching grammar. What will be if after presenting a new grammar material a teacher passes to production stage at once?
- •Comment on the main stages of teaching vocabulary. Principles of selection of lexical minimum at school.
- •What is the difference between extensive and intensive listening? What will you do if students don’t understand the listening material?
- •What are the reasons for pupils poor comprehension of the target language when spoken? Comment on the main stages of teaching listening skills. What techniques will you use to develop hearing?
- •The statement level.
- •The discourse level
- •20. The importance of teaching reading. Ways of reading.
- •1. Styles of reading
- •2. Active reading
- •22. State the role and place of writing as a communicative skill in teaching English.
- •23. Planning is a necessary prerequisite for effective teaching. Say why. List some questions you would ask yourself before planning a lesson. Stages of a lesson plan.
- •24.Assessment in teaching a foreign language at school. Forms of assessment.
- •In your opinion what characteristics of a good test are? Characteristics of a Good Test
- •Test types.
- •27. Testing techniques.
- •28. Express your opinion on advantages and disadvantages of using tests for evaluating students’ knowledge.
- •29. Teachers’ skills, attitude and knowledge that teachers need to acquire.
- •30.Part of a good teacher’s art is the ability to adopt a number of different roles in the class. Express your opinion on who teachers are in class.
- •31.What levels of language knowledge do you know? What do these levels mean, in practice, for the students and teachers? What will you do if students in your class are all at different level?
- •Ilr Level 0 – No proficiency
- •Ilr Level 1 – Elementary proficiency
- •Ilr Level 2 – Limited working proficiency
- •Ilr Level 3 – Professional working proficiency
- •Ilr Level 4 – Full professional proficiency
- •Ilr Level 5 – Native or bilingual proficiency
- •32. Types of lessons used in teaching English
- •33. What ways of young children learning to foreign languages do you know?
- •34.Teaching monologue. Characteristics of monologue.
- •35.Teaching dialogue. Characteristics of dialogue speech.
- •36.The use of modern technologies in teaching English.
- •37.Do you think that student’s motivation is important in learning a foreign language? Speak on the kinds of student’s motivation.
- •38.What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation?
- •39. What are learning styles and strategies? Give a definition and some examples for each one.
- •40. The theory of multiple intelligences.
- •42. Express your opinion: Not all oral exercises mean speaking. Comment upon this statement. What are the reasons for students’ poor comprehension of the target language when spoken?
- •Express your opinion on the theme: Modern technologies in teaching Foreign Languages ( Pair work, Case Study, Project work)
- •45 Express your opinion: What is cooperative learning? What are some of the most important benefits of cooperative learning?
- •46. Express your opinion on the theme: The notion of Intercultural Communicative Competence and its role in flt process.
- •48. Express your opinion on the theme: The main stages of work with video.
Grammar Translation Method. Principles and techniques.
The grammar translation method is a method of teaching foreign languages derived from the classical method of teaching Greek and Latin. A fundamental purpose of teaching the target language through the GTM is to be able to read literature written in the target language. This purpose can be reached by learning about the grammar rules and vocabulary of the target language. Principally, the GTM focuses on translating grammatical forms, memorizing vocabulary, learning rules. Even though the method may be considered more as a technique rather a method. The principles of the GTM are these:
Grammar rules are presented and studies explicitly. Grammar is taught deductively and then practiced through translation exercises.
The primary skills to be developed are reading and writing.
Hardly any attention is paid to speaking and listening skills.
Teacher correction is the only way to make students produce the right forms of the foreign language.
The goal of foreign language learning is the ability to understand the texts written in the foreign language.
Vocabulary is learnt from bilingual word lists.
The mother tongue is used as the medium of instruction.
A paramount use of translation exercises is given.
Language learners are not expected to be able to use the target language for communication. No class time is allocated to allow language learners to produce their own sentences and little time is spent on oral practice.
Diane Larsen-Freeman, in her book Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (1986:13) provides expanded descriptions of some common/typical techniques closely associated with the Grammar Translation Method.
Technuques:
1) Translation of a Literary Passage (Translating target language to native language)
3) Antonyms/Synonyms (Finding antonyms and synonyms for words or sets of words).
4) Cognates (Learning spelling/sound patterns that correspond between L1 and the target language)
5) Deductive Application of Rule (Understanding grammar rules and their exceptions, then applying them to new examples)
6) Fill-in-the-blanks (Filling in gaps in sentences with new words or items of a particular grammar type).
7) Memorization (Memorizing vocabulary lists, grammatical rules and grammatical paradigms)
8) Use Words in Sentences (Students create sentences to illustrate they know the meaning and use of new words)
9) Composition (Students write about a topic using the target language)
Direct Method. Principles and techniques.
The direct method of teaching, which is sometimes called the natural method, and is often used in teaching foreign languages, refrains from using the learners' native language and uses only the target language. It was established in Germany and France around 1900 and contrasts with the Grammar Translation Method and other traditional approaches. It was adopted by key international language schools such as Berlitz and Inlingua in the 1970s.
Principles:
Classroom instructions are conducted exclusively in the target language.
Only everyday vocabulary and sentences are taught during the initial phase; grammar, reading and writing are introduced in intermediate phase.
Oral communication skills are built up in a carefully graded progression organized around question-and-answer exchanges between teachers and students in small, intensive classes.
Grammar is taught inductively.
New teaching points are introduced orally.
Concrete vocabulary is taught through demonstration, objects, and pictures; abstract vocabulary is taught by association of ideas.
Both speech and listening comprehensions are taught.
Correct pronunciation and grammar are emphasized.
Student should be speaking approximately 80% of the time during the lesson.
Students are taught from inception to ask questions as well as answer them.
The teaching techniques rely mostly on:
Reading aloud
Question answer exercise
Self correction
Conversation practice
Fill-in-the-blank exercise
Dictation
And paragraph writing