Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
language learning
revisited
Activity
Give your opinion on these statements
Indicate the extent to which
you agree with each statement SA-STRONGLY AGREE
A- AGREE SOMEWHAT
by marking an X in the box
D- DISAGREE SOMEWHAT
associated with your opinion SD -STRONGLY DESAGREE
SA A D SD
Languages are learned mainly through imitation
Vs.
Introduction of a Disadvantages
second language
Performance as
Social context native speakers
Foreign Language
Basic communicative
skills
Teachers should teach simple
language structures before complex
ones
No matter how language is presented to learners,
certain structures are acquired before others
Restriction of
To Grammar structures
learners’ exposure
Second language
learners ‘Complexity’
competences
Classrooms are good places to learn
about language but not for learning
how to use language
Communicative language
Structure-based teaching, content-based,
approaches task- based instruction
Communicative tool
Second Language Teaching
Comtemporary
Content-based instruction approaches to L2
• Isolated presentation
and practice of one
structure at a time does
not provide learners
with an oportunity to
discover how different
language features
compare and contrast in
normal language use.
CONCLUSIONS
• Language learning is affected by
many factors.