2. The entry of the U.S into
world war II had a significant
effect on language teaching
in america.
Coleman report recomended
in 1929 a reading based
approach to foreign
languages for use in
American shcools and
colleges.
3. The U.S Government needed
people whith fluency in other
languages to work as a translators
or interpreters.
The Goverment ask to Universities
to create a program for military
personnel.
ASTP, army specialized training
program. By Leronard Bloomdield
at Yale.
Dr. Charles Fries (1939 );
Michigan University.
Depeloped the first English
Language Institute in the U.S.
Teaching English as a 2nd
foreign language.
4. Theory of Language
Structuralism:
- Rule-govered way
- Structural Level
(phonetic, phonemic, morphological, syntax.
- Behaviour
5. Theory of learning
Process of mechanical habit formation.
Skills are effective in a spoken way.
Analogy provides better fundation than
analysis
Drills to form better analogies.
Linguistics and culture.
6. Design
Objectives:
- Short-range; training comprehention
- Long-range; used by the native speaker
Syllabus:
- Contains the key items of phonology, morphology and
sintax.
- In order to listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Types of learning and teaching activities:
- Dialogue and drills are essential to classroom practices.
10. The role of instructional
materials Books
Tape recorders
Audiovisual
Language laboratory
11. Procedure
Oral instruction
Target language use
Model dialogue;
repetition, correction, pronunciation, memoriza
tion.
Dialogue adapted
Structure; used for pattern drills.
Textbook;
Follow-up activities; language laboratory
12. The decline of audiolingualism
Reached its period of
most widespread use in
1960.
Attaqued as being
unsound in language
and learning terms.
Professionals had short
expectations in results.
Unable to transfer skills
Boring and unsatisfying
Chomsky’s theory
13. Chomsky’s Theory
“The fundamental properties of language
derieve from innate aspects of the mind and
from how humans processes experiences
through language”
Theory of the Beahaviour
“Sentences are not learned by imitation or
repetition but generated from the learner’s
underlying competence.”
Congitive code learning.
14. The alphabeth game
Participate in share listening
experiences, ideas in large and small groups.