Foreign Language Teaching Methods

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how integrating different language teaching methods will have the benefit of catering to a wide variety of student needs; something that a single approach will probably not accomplish. The paper explores the methods of teaching the Slavic language to students where the proficiency level is basically non-existent. The paper selects nine different language teaching methods and determines which are most appropriate for such a language teaching course and also how they can be integrated to achieve optimal results. The paper's information for all the teaching approaches is derived from Dr. Jill Kerper Mora.

Outline:
Total Physical Response
The Grammar Translation Method
The Audio Lingual Method
The Communicative Approach
The Functional Notional Method
The Direct Approach
The Reading Approach
The Silent Way
The Community Language Learning Method
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Globalization and the concept of the "global village", has brought about interesting developments in language teaching. It is currently recognized, for example, that contact with one or more natives from foreign countries during an average lifetime is more likely than not. Furthermore, the information age entails that knowledge from across the globe is integrated in the academic world. This implies that not all academic texts will be in English, and that some foreign language skills are necessary to access texts in certain fields. Finally, businesses generally offer expanded opportunities to those who are willing to relocate to foreign countries. The success of such ventures often depends upon an ability to communicate with the target country's native population. The question is therefore not so much whether foreign languages in a curriculum are important, but rather how they should be taught."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Education Research Association. (2006, Spring) "Foreign Language Instruction: Implementing the Best Teaching Methods" In Research Points, Vol. 4, Iss. 6. https://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Journals_and_Publications/Research_Points/AERA_RP_Spring06.pdf
• Mlikotin, Anthony M. (1967, Oct.) "Soviet Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages". In The Modern Language Journal. Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 337-343. Retrieved from Jstor database: http://www.jstor.org/view/00267902/ap020392/02a00030/0
• Mora, Jill Kerper. (2002). "Second-Language Teaching Methods." http;//coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/ALMMethods.htm
• Novotna, Jarmila & Hofmannova, Marie. (2007) "Teacher training for content and language integrated learning". stwww.weizmann.ac.il/G-math/ICMI/Novotna_Jarmila-Hofmannova_Marie_ICMI15_prop.doc
• Pufahl, Ingrid, Rhodes, Nancy C., and Christian, Donna. (2001, Sept.). "What we can learn from foreign language teaching in other countries". Center for Applied Linguistics. http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0106pufahl.html

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