TEACHING LANGUAGE
CONSTRUCTION
Review
and recycle
The best kind of repetition
students
encounter the recently-learnt language over a period of time
Students have met some new language in a lesson
web
outside event
text
Research
and practise
Students do language research on their own
we could encourage them to use an internet search engine
to see if collocations work
ask them to consult a dictionary
Discover
and practise
Inductive approach
students see examples of language and try to work out
use certain
phrases as delaying tactics
Meet, need
and practise
Teachers have to allow our students
bring language to the classroom
Explain
and practise
Practice
(accurate reproduction)
Drills
organise a quick cue–response session
Repetition
say the new word or phrase
Explaining things
Explaining
language construction
model sentences and phrase
many teachers use fingers or hands
Explaining
meaning
1. Use gesture
2. Facial expressions
3. Subtopic
Studying
structure
and use
Known or
unknown language
students learn at
different speeds and in different ways
Choosing
study activities
Evaluating a study activity after use
Assessing a language study activity for use in class
Following planning principles
Language study
in lesson sequences
. Morphology of form
. Syntax
.Vocabulary
. Pronunciation
. Spelling
