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Goals
of ESI's Teaching Methodology
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from the traditional... |
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...Towards
the communicative |
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| Rote/repetition....................
Memorization......................
Rules.................................
Seat work...........................
Teacher--to--student.............
Non-functional.....................
Non-experiential..................
Static.................................
Lecture...............................
Workbook ..........................
Busy work .........................
Grammar-translation............
Grade emphasis..................
English--Chinese.................
Sentence analysis...............
Group drills.........................
Student recitation................
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Small
group work
Variety
Open-ended questions
Listening skills
Student/peer teaching
Learners’ needs
Learning by doing
Dialogues
Teacher as “guide”
Language in context
Associative (inter-related)
Paraphrasing instead of
 translating
Encouragement
of creativity
English--English
Problem-solving
Role plays
Games, songs, skits
Loving authority
Building on small successes
Student questions |
A
communicative approach to language teaching in content subjects
will only come along over a considerably long period of time.
But what happens in a class that incorportates this approach
is, in theory, closer than any other approach and method to
what language is developed for. And in practice, it is closer
to what the language will be used for by the students in their
future work. So it serves the needs of society in a more direct
and practical way.
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