Language teaching, language learning What are we trying to do? (in 12 short slides)

a brief history . . . Grammar translation Audiolingualism My heart sinks Grammar translation Audiolingualism Communicative language teaching Input-interaction 30/05/2018

Grammar-translation Grammar as mental gymnastics High culture as ultimate goal 30/05/2018

Grammar-translation BUT No oral component No spontaneous speech 30/05/2018

Audiolingualism Behaviorist psychology Stimulus-response-reinforcement Pavlov: drooling dogs Skinner: rats in mazes 30/05/2018

Behaviorism Pavlovian response http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/pavlov/index.html 30/05/2018

Cognitivism BUT Cognitive revolution Universal Grammar 30/05/2018

Communicative language teaching Comprehensible input No grammar Interesting topics Low-stress environment 30/05/2018

BUT Canadian immersion studies Anglophone children learning French Fluent but not accurate Why? 30/05/2018

So . . . How should we teach/learn languages Input Interaction Reflection The input-interaction model 30/05/2018

Input You do have to receive some language BUT It doesn't have to be written You don't have to learn it by heart It doesn't have to be Shakespeare 30/05/2018

Interaction You do have to produce language BUT You don't have to write everything down The teacher doesn't have to hear everything It's good to make mistakes 30/05/2018

Reflection You do need to think about language BUT You don't have to learn grammar rules first, then practice You can listen to yourself and provide your own feedback You will still make mistakes ;-) 30/05/2018