Jan 02, 2016
1) STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE LEARNING PROCESS
BEGINNING INTERMIDIATE ADVANCED
CONTROL PROCESSING
FOCAL MODE
PERIPHERAL MODE
AUTOMATIC PROCESSING
MENTAL PROCESS TO AUTOMATIZE
FULL SPECTRUM OF PROCESSING TO
AUTOMATIC MODES
2) THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER
BEGINNING
TEACHER-CENTERED CLASSROOM.
STUDENTS ARE DEPENDENT.
INTERMIDIATE
THEY SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO
ASK QUESTION AND MAKE COMMENTS
LEARNER-CENTERED WORK IS POSSIBLE.
ADVANCED
CREAT EFFECTIVE LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIESWITHIN A LERNER-
CENTERED CLASSROOM.
3) TEACHER TALK
BEGINNING
ENGLISH NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY ARTICULATED
SLOW THE SPEECH FOR EASIER
COMPREHENSION
USE SIMPLE VOCABULARY AND
STRUCTURES
INTERMIDIATE
TEACHER TALK SHOULD NOT OCCUPY
THE MAJOR PROPORTION OF A
CLASS.
ORAL PRODUCTION SHOULD BE CLEAR.
ADVANCED
THEY SHOULD BE CHALLENGED BY
THE CHOICE OF NEW VOCABULARY,
STRUCTURES, IDIOMS AND OTHER
LANGUAGE FEATURES.
4) AUTHENTICITY OF LANGUAGE
SIMPLE GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTIONS.
INTERMIDIATE
THEY BECOME CONCERNED ABOUT
GRAMMATICAL CORRECTNESS.
ADVANCED
EVERYTHING FROM ACADEMIC, LITERATURE
AND IDIOMATIC MATERIALS BECOMES A LIGITIMATE RESOURCE.
5) FLUENCY AND ACCURACY
ACCURACY SHOULD CENTER ON THE GRAMMATICAL,
PHONOLOGICAL OR DISCOURSE ELEMENTS
TO BE SENSITIVE TO STUDENTS’ NEED TO
PRACTICE FREELY AND OPENLY.
INTERMIDIATE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLUENCY AND ACCURACY IS A CRUCIAL CONCERN
ADVANCED
STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER THINKING
ABOUT EVERY WORD OR STRUCTURE THEY ARE PRODUCING OR COMPRENHENDING.
6) STUDENT CREATIVITY
TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE AND COMPREHEND UNREHEARSED
SITUATIONS,
INTERMIDIATE
INTERLANGUAGE ERRORS ARE GOOD
INDICATIONS OF THE CREATIVE
APPLICATION OF A SYSTEM.
ADVANCED
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO APPLY
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES TO REAL CONTEXTS BEYOND
7) TECHNIQUE
MECHANICAL TECHNIQUES
ARE APRROPIATE
CHORAL REPETITIONS
TEACHER-INITIATED QUESTIONS
INTERMIDIATE
TECHNIQUES INCREASE IN COMPLEXITY:
GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING,ROLE-PLAYS, STORY TELLING
PAIRED INTERVIEWS
ADVANCED
SOCIOLINGUISTIC AND PRAGMATIC COMPETENCIES:GROUP DEBATES AND ARGUMENTATION.
COMPLEX ROLE-PLAY.SCANNING AND READING MATERIALS.
DETERMINING AND QUESTIONING AUTHOR’S INTENT.
7) TECHNIQUE
8) LISTENING AND SPEAKING GOALS
MEANINGFUL AND AUTHENTIC
COMMUNICATION TASKS
LIMITED BY GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY AND
LENGTH OF UTTERANCE
INTERMIDIATE
STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN
SHORT CONVERSATIONSASK AND ANSWER
QUESTION.
THEY ARE ABLE TO SOLICIT
INFORMATIONS FROM OTHERS.
ADVANCED
THEY FOCUS MORE CAREFULLY ON ALL
THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC
NUANCES OF LANGUAGE
9) READING AND WRITING GOALS
THEY ARE CONFINED TO BRIEF BUT REAL-LIFE
WRITTEN MATERIALS
WRITTEN WORKS MAY INVOLVE
LISTS, SIMPLE NOTES AND LETTERS
INTERMIDIATE
STUDENTS REED SHORTPARAGRAPHS AND
SIMPLE STORIES
THEY USE SKIMMING ANDSCANNING SKILLS.
ADVANCED
LEARNING MOREABOUT CRITICAL READING ANDINTERPRETING
WRITTEN TEXTSSUCH AS
LABORATORY REPORTS,
EXPERIMENTALRESEARCH .
10) GRAMMAR
AN INDUCTIVE APPROACH WITH SUITABLES EXAMPLES
WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE
IT DEALS WITH VERY SIMPLE VERB FORMS,
PERSONAL PRONOUNS, SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
INTERMIDIATE
SHORT SIMPLE EXPLANATIONS OF POINTS
IN ENGLISH