Natural Approach
Method
OVIDE DECROLY,
JOSEPH LANCASTER,
ÉDOUARD CLAPARÈDE
The Natural Approach method of
acquiring language skills was created by the linguists Tracy D.
Terrell and Stephen Krashen in the
late seventies of the 20th century,
and is based on...
More
Natural Approach
Method
OVIDE DECROLY,
JOSEPH LANCASTER,
ÉDOUARD CLAPARÈDE
The Natural Approach method of
acquiring language skills was created by the linguists Tracy D.
Terrell and Stephen Krashen in the
late seventies of the 20th century,
and is based on this “natural way”
of picking up a language.
A vital
prerequisite for understanding
the Natural Approach is the ability to distinguish between learning in the traditional sense and
acquiring a language, focusing on
instinctiveness.
The aim of the Natural Approach
is to foster the communicative
competence, not grammatical
perfection.
NATURAL
APPROACH METHOD
Roció Marisol Ordoñez Morales
6076-07-170
María José Pineda Gutiérrez
6076-07-3133
A typical natural approach lesson at elementary to
intermediate level might go something like this:
*The teacher shows a set of pictures of, say, food and
drink, repeating the word that goes with each with
one; the students simply watch and listen.
*The pictures are displayed around the room, an
Less