Listen and Discuss 1.5. College, University or Institute?

Do you know the difference between all above-mentioned educational establishments? Is there any difference in the way these words are used within British and American culture?

Listen and check whether your assumptions are true.

Discuss and Write1.5.

Write an article in English:

1. To promote one of the fringe methods of teaching

2. To criticize fringe methods in favour of traditional ones.

This information might be also useful.

Community language learning

Community language learning (CLL) was primarily designed for monolingual conversation classes where the teacher-counsellor would be able to speak the learners' L1. The intention was that it would integrate translation so that the students would disassociate language learning with risk taking. It's a method that is based on English for communication and is extremely learner-focused. Although each course is unique and student-dictated, there are certain criteria that should be applied to all CLL classrooms, namely a focus on fluency in the early stages, an undercurrent of accuracy throughout the course and learner empowerment as the main focus.

• How it works in the classroom

  • Stage 1- Reflection

  • Stage 2 - Recorded conversation

  • Stage 3 - Discussion

  • Stage 4 - Transcription

  • Stage 5 - Language analysis

  • Length of stages

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/community-language-learning

Total Physical Response approach

The comprehension-based methodology mostly commonly found in classrooms is Asher's Total Physical Response approach; Krashen and Terrell's Natural Approach has not been widely applied.

The comprehension approach is based on theories of linguistics, specifically Krashen's Monitor Theory, and is also inspired by research on second language acquisition in children, particularly the silent period phenomenon in which many young learners initially tend towards minimal speaking. In contrast, the communicative approach is largely a product of research in language education.

Winitz founded the International Linguistics Corporation in 1976 to supply comprehension-based materials known as The Learnables; several positive articles have been published testing these picturebooks with their accompanying audio recordings, mostly with Winitz as co-author.

These include Total Physical Response and the natural approach of Stephen Krashen and Tracy D. Terrell.

Silent Way

The Silent Way is a discovery learning approach, invented by Caleb Gattegno in the 50s. It is often considered to be one of the humanistic approaches. It is called The Silent Way because the teacher is usually silent, leaving room for the students to talk and explore the language. It is often associated with Cuisenaire rods and wall charts where words are colour-coded; each phoneme a different colour .

Find and present information 1.5.

Find and present information about some fringe methods of teaching. Provide some further information about the methods mentioned above.

Unit 1. 6. Modern Methods of teaching EFL:

Terminology To Study 1.6.

Choose 2- 3 terms and work out Word Map in Visual Thesaurus Style. For reference you might resort to A Handbook of English-Russian Terminology for Language Teaching

Computer assisted language learning /CALL

Conscious-raising approach /CRA

Data-driven learning/DRL

Task-based learning TBL

Lead - In 1.6.