SITUATIONAL LANGUAGE TEACHING 

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What is “Situational Language Teaching” ?

 Situational Language Teaching use Oral Approach 

Situational Language Teaching

Methode focus on speaking ability

by British applied

linguistic 1930 1960

FIGURE

It is an approach developed by British linguists such as Harold Palmer and A.S. Hornsby in the 1930s

THEORY OF LEARNING

The theory of learning underlying Situation Language Teaching is behaviorism, addressing more the processes than the conditions of learning

PRINCIPLE

language learning is habit-formationshould be avoided mistakespresented orally first then in written form

CHARACTERISTICSRichards and Rodgers summarized the main

characteristics of the approach as follows:

• 1). Language teaching begins with the spoken language. Material is taught orally before it is presented in written form.

• 2). The target language is the language of the classroom.

• 3). New language points are introduced and practiced situationally.

• 4). Vocabulary selection procedures are followed to ensure that an essential general service vocabulary is covered.

• 5). Items of grammar are graded following the principle that simple forms should be taught before complex ones.

• 6). Reading and writing are introduced once a sufficient lexical and grammatical basis is established.

ROLE

Learner

Teacher

Material

DESIGN

Types of learning and teaching activities

Which use of :

Real objects

Pictures of wall charts, flashcards, pictures, stick Which together with actions gestures

PROCEDURE

pronunciation

revision

presentation

oral practice

reading of material or written exercises.

ACTIVITY

Class with the Oral Approach MethodActivity:

The students should say sentences that they can see in the pictures. They have to say immediately what the picture.

design

ADVANTAGE

Suitable for introduction to the language.

Objectives to master the four language skills through talking grammar structure

The ability to quickly and accurately in speaking situations and automatically with control the basic structure

It’s a method that does not requires many resources

It’s a good method if we use it in teaching pronunciation or vocabulary

Its strong emphasis on oral practice, grammar and sentence patterns conform to the intuitions of many practically oriented classroom teachers.

Easier to understand because the item is newly presented in a real situation.

DISADVANTAGE

The learner has no control over the content of learning. He is required simply to listen and repeat what the teacher says and to respond to questions and commands.

This method do not account for the fundamental characteristic of language namely the creativity and uniqueness of individual sentences.

REFERENCE • http://

www.myenglishpages.com/blog/situational-language-teaching-oral-approach/15;33 /8/3/2014 

• http://www.ac-limoges.fr/anglais/accueil/html/EP/Web4Pages/SitAppLan.htm16;00/8/3/2014

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_pedagogy

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