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

2. a brief history . . . Grammar translation Audiolingualism
My heart sinks
Grammar translation
Audiolingualism
Communicative language teaching
Input-interaction
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3. Grammar-translation Grammar as mental gymnastics
High culture as ultimate goal
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4. Grammar-translation BUT No oral component No spontaneous speech
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5. Audiolingualism Behaviorist psychology Stimulus-response-reinforcement
Pavlov: drooling dogs Skinner: rats in mazes
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6. Behaviorism Pavlovian response
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7. Cognitivism
BUT
Cognitive revolution
Universal Grammar
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8. Communicative language teaching
Comprehensible input
No grammar
Interesting topics
Low-stress environment
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9. BUT Canadian immersion studies Anglophone children learning French
Fluent but
not accurate
Why?
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10. So . . . How should we teach/learn languages Input Interaction
Reflection
The input-interaction model
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11. 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
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12. 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
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13. 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 ;-)
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