Teacher Aims, Content, & Micro Skill CMD Laksmi Widyarini

A Framework for Language Teaching Activities Approach Method Technique

Approach All points of view on: the nature of language the nature of language teaching & learning Examples: the oral approach

Method Different plans for presenting the language to students in an orderly manner Theories are put into practice Choices are made about the particular skills to be taught; the content to be taught Examples: direct method

Technique What actually happens in the classroom The level at which classroom procedures are described

Teacher Aim  Aim = the instructional objective  Sources of ideas for objectives: other language programs the literature taxonomies  the domains of learning: cognitive, affective, …

Content  content = material  consider: 1 st approach 2 nd syllabus 3 rd techniques 4 th exercises  where do materials come from?

where do materials come from?  adopting materials  developing materials  adapting materials

Micro skills  Macroskill: reading Microskill: outlining -summarizing - guessing -inferencing -taking notes-predicting -confirming  Macroskill: writing Microskill: spelling, punctuation, sentence constituent (subject-verb- object), text coherence

 Macroskill: listening Microskill: - predicting what people are going to talk about - guessing at unknown words or phrases without panic - using one's own knowledge of the subject to help one understand - identifying relevant points - etc  Macroskill: speaking Microskill: - pronounce the distinctive sounds of a language clearly enough - use stress and rhythmic patterns, and intonation patterns of the language clearly enough - use the correct forms of words - put words together in correct word order.