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English Didactis III. Introduction

1. The document outlines the goals and content of an English didactics course, including learning about different language teaching methods, uncovering thoughts that guide teaching actions, and introducing new techniques. 2. It discusses the importance of being aware of the beliefs, attitudes, values and awareness that link thoughts to actions in the classroom. A coherent language teaching method connects one thought-action link to another through systematic principles and procedures. 3. The document introduces the "doubting game" and "believing game" as ways to analyze methods, and explains that a method can be shaped by a teacher and student's understanding, expectations and sociocultural context. It assigns reading of a chapter on the Grammar-Translation

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English Didactis III. Introduction

1. The document outlines the goals and content of an English didactics course, including learning about different language teaching methods, uncovering thoughts that guide teaching actions, and introducing new techniques. 2. It discusses the importance of being aware of the beliefs, attitudes, values and awareness that link thoughts to actions in the classroom. A coherent language teaching method connects one thought-action link to another through systematic principles and procedures. 3. The document introduces the "doubting game" and "believing game" as ways to analyze methods, and explains that a method can be shaped by a teacher and student's understanding, expectations and sociocultural context. It assigns reading of a chapter on the Grammar-Translation

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UNIVERSIDAD

MESOAMERICA
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ENGLISH DIDACTICS III.
Mgtr.Edna Ajtujal
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GOALS
1. To learn about many different language teaching methods
2. To help you uncover the thoughts that guide your own
actions as a teacher
3. To introduce you to a variety of techniques, some of which
will be new

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THOUGHT - IN - ACTION LINKS
It is very important for you to become aware of the thoughts that guide your
actions in the classroom.

Beliefs

Attitudes

Values

And awareness as well

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A COHERENT SET
A. A method is the link between thoughts and actions that is
common to them all.
B. Links are made in methods, and that is the connection
between one thought -in- action link and another.
C. A method is a coherent set of such links in the sense that
there should be some theoretical or philosophical
compatibility among the links

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Doubting game and believing game
Elbow (1973) believes that: doubting and believing are games
because they are ruled - governed , ritualized processes,
which are not real life.

Doubting game requires logic and evidence.

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The believing game
The believing game asks us to put on the eyeglasses of
another person _ to adopt his or her perspective_ to see the
method as the originator sees it. It requires a willingness to
explore what is new.

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WHAT are methods?
A. Methods are prescriptions for classroom behavior, and
that teachers are encouraged by textbook publishers and
academic to implement them whether or not the methods
are appropriate for a particular context.
B. A method is a way of teaching a language which is based
on systematic principles and procedures.

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Any method is going to be shaped by a teacher’s own
understanding, beliefs, style and level of experience.

Also by who the students are, their and the teacher’s


expectations of appropriate social roles, the institutional
constraints and demands, and factors connected to the wider
sociocultural context in which the instruction takes place.

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Techniques and principles in
language teaching
DIANE LARSEN-FREEMAN

Second Edition

OXFORD

UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Assignment

A. Read chapter 2. The Grammar-Translation Method


B. Work on Activities A and B by answering the questions in
your notebook.
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