History of teaching English

  • Introduction

    English was only spoken in the country of England but after with the colonization, news words from Latin and greek were added to the speaking of people and the english becamein the language that we know nowaday
    Then was impoprtant to learn the new vocabulary and the gramatical form.
  • Grammar-translation method

    -Johan Seiden, Kajohan Seiden, Karl Plotz, Johan were the principal exponents.
    -It´s focuses on grammar and the translation skill
    -The mix about the english with latin and greek
    -Memozation
    -Role of the teacher: Is the principal protagonist, is the highest authority
    -Role of the student: is passive and do the activity individually.
  • Audiolingual method

    Chacterístic Features:
    They learn to speak no matter how the language is organized.
    The teacher´s role: you must keep the student's attention by varying the exercises and homework,
    method controlled by the teacher,
    language learning occurs by intention between teacher and student.
    The role of the student: teaching focuses on the external manifestation of learning in internal processes
    learn independently
  • Direct mothod

    -Maximiliano Berlitz and Govin Francoise were its principal exponents
    characteristic: the language is learned by exposure to it, the oral is privileged over the written, Learning is inductive
    Role of the teacher: He has the responsibility of organizing and guiding the class, but not authoritatively.
    Role of the student: is active, must be put in direct contact with the language he wants to learn, simulating concrete situations as close to the real ones that could be achieved in the classroom.
  • Communicative Language Teaching

    Firth, Michael A.K. Halliday
    Characteristic:emphasizes communication in the foreign language through interaction, It offers opportunities to think about the learning process.
    Role of the teacher: Organizes, observes and advises all activities, fosters the climate for interaction between participants and creates communication situations
    Role of the student´s:Theatrical games for feedback and he is the one who decides what to say and how to say it during his activities (freedom of expression)
  • Natural approach

    Nancy Terrell
    Característica: you learn with help of gestures drawings and objects, repetition is very important role, after the oral language is passed to the written language
    The teacher´s role: Present the greatest amount of information using everything that maximizes understanding.
    The student's role: changes as his level of competence changes, and this change is determined by his own decisions of when to speak, what to speak and what linguistic expressions he will use.
  • Suggestopedia

    Dr. Georgi Lozanov Dra. Evelyna Gateva
    characteristics: it is directed only to the conscious attention of the student but to the unconscious, there is excellent communication between teacher and student,
    the teacher must teach without artificiality, use of mental capacity
    Role of the teacher: is to create situations in which the student is more receptive
    Role of the student: The student exercises a passive role and active at the same time.