Teaching English

It is the sounds of English should receive priority. Sounds should be given their due place in the scheme of teaching.

• General Principle 1: Give Priority to Sounds

• General Principle 2: Present Language in Basic Sentence Pattern

• General Principle 7: Selection and Gradation

 Is an important principle of language learning. No leaner by himself ever invented language. Good speech is the result of imitating good models. The model should be intelligible. 

• General Principle 5: Controlled Vocabulary

• General Principle 6: Graded Patterns

• General Principle 4: Imitation

What are the four language skills?

• listening, speaking, communicating, writing

• listening, speaking, reading, writing

• listening, writing, drawing, reading

It is blending phonemes into words, segmenting words into individual phonemes, and manipulating phonemes into spoken words.

• Phonemes

• Phonemic Syllables

• Phonemic Awareness

It is combining syllables to say words or segmenting spoken words into syllables?

• Sentence Segmentation

• Syllables

• Onsets and Rimes

Real language ability is at the habit level. It does not just mean knowing about the language. Make language patterns as habit through intensive pattern practice in variety of situations.

• General Principle 2: Present Language in Basic Sentence Patterns

• General Principle 3: Language Patterns as Habits

• General Principle 4: Language Habit through Language Using

It is a method that all teaching occurs in the target language, encouraging the learner to think in that language. The learner does not practice translation or use their native language in the classroom.

• Indirect Method

• Direct Method

• Suggestopedia Language Learning Method

The role of the teacher in this second language teaching method is to evaluate how students will use the language. This will serve as a guide for what should be taught in class.

• Task-Based Language Teaching (TBL)

• Functional-Notional Approach

• The Test Teach Test Approach (TTT)

Uses two languages in the classroom, the mother tongue and the target language. The mother tongue is briefly used for grammar and vocabulary explanations. Then, the rest of the class is conducted in English.

• The Bilingual Method

• The Multi-language Method

• The Direct Method

This approach aims to mimic natural language learning with a focus on communication and instruction through exposure. It de-emphasizes formal grammar training.

• Spiral Approach

• Functional-Notional Approach

• Natural Approach