Methodology session 1

Teaching methodologies and didactics
Session 1 Methodologies

By Esthela Martinez

Getting to know each other

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I am Esthela
I have been teaching English for 13 years
I like reading romantic novels

Objective of the session

To review the fundamentals methods  in ELT and acquire practical strategies to apply in the classroom.

Complete the following statements

• The method I recall well is…

• I find ________ quite interesting to use.

• In my classes, I mainly use…

• I would like to try ….

​https://blog.tjtaylor.net/teaching-methods/

“An approach is a set of correlative assumptions dealing with the nature of language teaching and learning.”
— Richards & Rodgers (2001, p. 19)
Example: Cognitive approach

Approach

“Method is an overall plan for systematic presentation of language based on a selected approach.”
— Anthony (1963)
example: Silent way

Method

Group work- Activity 1

1. Students memorize and translate sentences from L1 to L2.
   

2. Learners perform a role-play buying groceries at a market.
   

3. The teacher drills pronunciation using minimal pairs and repetition.
   

4. Students complete a group project to design a travel brochure in English.
   

5. Learners respond to commands like "Stand up" and "Touch your head."
   

6. Students plan and conduct a survey about local food preferences.
   

7. The teacher adapts various methods and materials based on students' cultural backgrounds and learning preferences.

a) Total Physical Response (TPR)

b) Direct Method
c) Post-Method Pedagogy
d) Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
e) Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
f) Grammar-Translation Method
g) Audio-Lingual Method

The post method era.
Basic principles. ´Postmethod pedagody"

Language pedagogy must be sensitive to a particular group of teachers teaching a particular group of learners pursuing a particular set of goals within a particular institutional context.”
— Kumaravadivelu (2001, p. 538)

​“Teachers are capable of constructing their own pedagogic knowledge, shaped by their own values, needs, and contexts.”
— Kumaravadivelu (2003, p. 32)

​“Language education must go beyond linguistic competence to include the promotion of social transformation and learner empowerment.”
— Kumaravadivelu (2006, p. 69)

(Richards & Rodgers, 1986; Richards, 2001)

" ... a more informed and principled approach to language teaching, where decisions about what and how to teach are based on a sound understanding of language learning principles, the specific needs of the learners, and the context of instruction  " 

​To think about

-How often do you place the learner as the most important agent in the teaching-learning process?
- Do you consider students' needs and the lerning context?
-Do your students make decisions about their learning process?

Group work activity 2

Work with another person on the following google docs
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16svBma2S7eCmwDSOn49F2qCLbyJSIEFe78Jcn21VSng/edit?usp=sharing

• Encourage students to ______

• ​Type of input to include ______

The students need to become_________

Include various ______

From the text effective strategies

Word Cloud

Write some of key words you will recall from this session