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Goals of TeachOverseas' Teaching Methodology

Move from the traditional... ...Towards the Communicative

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................

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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