Effective Language Instruction

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses three principles of M. Rost on effective instruction for listening skills. The paper focuses on aptitude specific instruction, coordination of teaching and learning and a positive climate for learning, and critically evaluates them in light of the writer's own language teaching and learning experiences. The paper shows how all these principles have some positive implications for effective language instruction. The paper notes, however, that these principles cannot be implemented successfully without restructuring and reconsidering currently existing institutional systems and instructional goals.

Outline:
Introduction
Aptitude Specific Instruction
Coordination of teaching and learning
Positive climate for learning
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In most cases, the setting contributes to the way in which language is taught. Therefore, it is necessary to outline my language teaching environment to evaluate the principles in relation to my own experience. I have been teaching intermediate level Japanese approximately five hours a week to college students ranging in age from 18 to 25 in New Zealand since the beginning of 2007. The classrooms are adequate for the average class size, which is between ten and fifteen, with equipment for visual materials. Course materials consist of the set textbook and the accompanying workbook, and not many other supplementary teaching materials are available. Also as a language learner myself, I studied English as a second language at school in Japan for six years."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Auerbach, E. R. (1995). The politic of the ESL classroom: Issues of power in pedagogical choices. In J. W. Tollefson (Ed.). Power and inequality in language education (pp. 11-16). Essex: Addison Wesley Longman
• Brown, H. D. (2007). Principles of language learning and teaching. (5th ed.). White Plains, NY: Pearson Education.
• Gunn, C. L. (2003). Teaching, learning and researching in an ESL context (pp. 23-38). Lanham, MA: University Press of America.
• Rost, M. (2002). Teaching and researching listening (pp. 105-107). Harlow: Person Education.
• Rogers, C.R. (1969). Freedom to Learn: A view of what education might become. Columbus, OH: Merrill.

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