APPROACHES AND METHODS…..

In The Teaching of English

Pamela Allen, ESL

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MORE TO THINK ABOUT!

THE DIRECT METHODTPR (Total Physical Response)

THE SILENT WAY CLT (Communicative Language

Teaching)

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Strategies worth using…..

Can you “Jigsaw”?

You are responsible for imparting the material and information to your peers!

If you leave it out, they have lost something; if you include it, they have it

now and always!

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In your “learning team”…..

* Read and discuss the information and ideas associated with the method. Relate to your teaching experiences.

*Create/present a skit showing teacher/student involvement and responses to the method. (Multiple Intelligences at work.)

*Chart important details/info about the method to post as your group “teaches” all of us.

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Articulatory Phonetics

* Involves movement of air from lungs through vocal cords.

* Includes oral and nasal cavity, larynx, pharynx, lips,

tongue, and teeth

* Look at 6.1 on page 236 in Introduction to

To Language. Find the oral and nasal cavity

structures.

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Major Places of Articulation

As we discuss the articulation sounds, practice in your groups by making the

movements yourself. Use the mirror on the table to see what all happens.

*Labiodentals: produced by touching the bottom lip to the

upper teeth (f) (v)

*Interdentals: produced by inserting the tip of the tongue between the teeth; the “th” sound; for some, the tongue merely touches behind the teeth….forming more of a dental sound

(think) (these)

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Alveolars:

All seven of these sounds are pronounced by the tongue being raised in various ways to the alveolar bridge.

* (t) (d) (n) tongue tip raised touching ridge or slightly in front of it.

* (s) (z) sides of front tongue raised, tip lowered so air

escapes over it. * (l) tip of tongue is raised, rest of it remains low, *(r) curl the tip of the tongue back behind alveolar

ridge or bunch up the tongue behind the ridge.

WHICH WERE HARD FOR YOU TO DO?

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Morphology: The Study of Word Formation - Rule Productivity

*There is internal organization in word formation.

Rule example: add “er” to a verb to make “ noun”.

teach + er = teacher *”Structure” is important in determining meaning. * Morphological processes (inflection) is used freely

to form new words from free and bound morphemes.

Affix: a morpheme attached to a word

Prefix: an affix attached to front of word

Suffix: an affix attached to the end of a word *We can generally predict the meaning of

of the word by the morphemes…but not

always!

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Morphological complex words whose meanings are not predictable must be…..

..... “listed in our mental lexicons”. Store them in your memory for future use:

Unpredictable “un” forms:

unloosen loosen; let loose undo reverse by doing

10 The Rules Do Not Always Apply…..

Think about the process that forms plurals from singular nouns.

These words are exceptions to the English inflectional rule of plural formation: child, man, foot, mouse

Certain verbs/past tense are also exceptions to the rule:

go, sing, bring, run, know

When children are learning English, they first learn the “regular rules”, then discuss the exceptions. As they “get more of an ear for English”,

it will start to make more sense.

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Compounding: Can You Dig It?

* Some recent compounds: Youtube, Facebook, carjack, powernap

noun + noun = noun (SGC) “girlfriend”adjective + adjective = adjective “icy-cold”

noun + adjective = adjective “headstrong”With two words in different categories,

the second determines the “head” category.

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The meaning of the compound is not always the sum of its parts……..

Example: “She has a red coat in her closet.”“She has a Redcoat in her closet.”

Some compounds reveal a different meaning/relationship between the parts:

“Cathouse” does not mean a house for cats”.

When the words are together, we usually stress the first word.

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Syntax Review

Syntax = Greek orgin + “together + sequence/order/arrangement

Normal word order/ English: firmly fixedSubj.+verb+object or subj.verb

complement

Poetry: word order can shift to heighten word connection and emotional impact

Rule of Syntax: > phrases > sentences

Lexical Categories

Nouns: person ,place, thing

Verbs: action or being

Adjectives: describe nouns

Determiners: the, a, an

Prepositions: express

location/function –

“to for, in, an, at, of, with

Word Order:

Declarative statements:

subj+verb+object

“I like cake.”

Interrogative-questions:

modal verb+subj+verb+obj.

“Does Brian like cake?”

Adjectives before nouns:

coconut cake

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Syntax Challenges: ELLs

Question formation

Modal verbs: do, does, will, could, would, should

Adjective placement

Passive voice: Brian has eaten the cake.

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Semantic Challenges: ELLs

Multiple meaning words: miss“Miss Jones is my teacher.”

“I will miss her during the summer”

Idioms & American phrases:“It was raining cats and dogs this

morning.”“Time really flies in Praxis review class.”

“ Please turn off the lights”.

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Sociolinguistics

The way “society” impacts the learning and use of language…..

Be it good or not, it is there!

“It arises out of need, work, joy, affection, tastes, generations…it goes beyond the dictionary.”

Walt Whitman

Culture + language

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Language & Society

Dialects

Regional Dialects

Phonological differences

Lexical differences

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Social Influences: English

Literary genre: a category of literary work determined by tone, content, fiction, length….

Groups: Prose, poetry, drama

Subgroups: many!

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Vocabulary: Three Tiers

Tier 1: Basic vocabulary – rarely require direct instruction; sight words, early reading words; typically no multiple meanings…. book, girl, sad, run, dog, see

Tier 2: High frequency, multiple meanings – reading comprehension, across different domains,

mature language situations (adult talk, literature), strong influence on speaking/reading, direct instruction…..masterpiece, fortunate, mature, concept

Tier 3: Low frequency, content/context specific- occurs in specific domains, subjects in school,

hobbies, occupations, technology, science, medical…

economics, chemistry, amino acids, opera,

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Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs=

English Language Confusion!

Homonyms:, sound same, spelled differently, different meanings - bear, bare

Homophones: sound same, spelled differently, different meanings – be, bee; son, sun

Homographs: sound differently, spelled same, different meanings –

desert (dry environment)desert (to leave)