Actividad de clase: Debate ventajas y desventajas de GMT y Audiolingual

Module: EFLT Methods and approaches Professor: Lcda. Mg. Wilma Villacìs Activity: Debate about the advantages and disadvantages of two methods Grammar translation Method and Audiolingual Method Interaction Pattern: two groups of 10 students each Number of... More

Module: EFLT Methods and approaches Professor: Lcda. Mg. Wilma Villacìs Activity: Debate about the advantages and disadvantages of two methods Grammar translation Method and Audiolingual Method Interaction Pattern: two groups of 10 students each Number of students: 20 Instruction: Read the following articles and establish the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods. Then Team 1 will defend the advantages and Team 2 the disadvantages of the methods. THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD (GTM) 1. Learning Theory: Deductive learning is essential. First, the teacher gives rules explicitly then the rules are reinforced with examples and exercises. 2. Language Theory: Language is for understanding the literature. Translation is the way to learn the language. Oral communication is not primarily important. Written language is superior to spoken language. Students also learn the structure of their own native language. Those who study a foreign language become more cultured and int Less