CURRENT TRENDS IN THE TEACHING OF LANGUAGES AND THE HUMANITIES BY PROF. JOEL OLATUNDE AYODABO (TC GD II, NCE, BA ED, MA, PhD)

INTRODUCTION APPROACHES METHODS FIXED TEACHING SYSTEMS WITH PRESCRIBED TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICES TEACHING PHILOSOPHIES THAT CAN BE INTERPRETED AND APPLIED

A SET OF CORRELATIVE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE LEARNING APPROACH A PLAN FOR PRESENTING A SUBJECT MATERIAL TO BE LEARNED, BASED ON A SELECTED APPROACH METHOD TECHNIQUE A VERY SPECIFIC, CONCRETE STRATEGEM OR TRICK DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH AN IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE

CATEGORIES OF LEARNERS THE VISUAL LEARNERS THE AUDITORY LEARNERS THE TACTILE /KINESTHETIC LEARNERS

OBJECTIVES OF THIS LECTURE 1. To Identify and discuss the relevant methodologies of teaching courses in the humanities, particularly in English Studies, History and international Studies, and Religious Studies; and 2. To suggest contemporary and practical strategies employable in teaching students in humanities in private universities, particularly Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo. 3. Make suggestions and recommendations to teachers and lecturers, on how to improve lecture-based activities.

METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH COURSES TRENDS IN THE TEACHING OF COURSES IN THE HUMANITIES – ENGLISH, HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH COURSES THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD THE DIRECT METHOD SERIES METHOD THE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING

OTHER METHODS SKILLS TEACHING LANGUAGE IMMERSION OTHER LEARNING STRATEGIES - CODE SWITCHING

METHODS FOR TEACHING IN HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES BLENDED LEARNING DIRECT METHOD NATURAL METHOD DEBATE METHOD AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD COMMUNICATIVE METHOD PRESENTATION, PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION (PPP) METHOD TASK-BASED LEARNING METHOD COGNITIVE-CODE LEARNING METHOD ECLECTIC METHOD

CONTEMPORARY AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES EMPLOYABLE IN TEACHING STUDENTS IN THE HUMANITIES “ A Process-oriented Approach Used To Achieve The Objective Of Hands-on Experience” FIELD TRIP TOUCHING IDENTIFYING COMPARING

TEACHING ENGLISH STUDIES “The communicative approach is very ideal in a university setting, where students learn language for communicative purposes. The three views of language teaching are relevant, here”

THREE PRINCIPAL VIEWS CONCERNING TEACHING OF LANGUAGES THE STRUCTURAL VIEW THE FUNCTIONAL VIEW THE INTERACTIVE VIEW

TEACHING HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OUT OF CLASSROOM TEACHING AND LEARNING APPROACH Teachers should endeavour to employ the strategies of out of lecture room visits, the use of resource persons, documentary video clips, as well as visiting historical sites… TEACHING HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

TEACHING RELIGIOUS STUDIES PREACHING METHOD LEARNING BY TEACHING ILLUSTRATION METHOD/ FLANNELGRAPH AND CHARTS

RECOMMENDATION/CONCLUSION ADEQUATE PREPARATION FOR LECTURES APPLICATION OF AUDIO- VISUAL METHOD AND/OR I.C.T IN TEACHING AND LEARNING. CONSTANT REVIEW OF TEACHING MATERIALS REVIEW OF TESTS AND MEASUREMENT MECHANISMS ENGAGE STUDENTS THROUGH ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING

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