HISTORY OF VOCABULARY TEACHING

Estera MarciniakAna Maria Perez Martinez

Focus on what?

Many theories about the learning and teaching of languages have been proposed. These

theories, normally influenced by developments in the fields of linguistics and psychology, have inspired many approaches to the teaching of

second and foreign languages.

FOCUS ON WHAT?

FORM MEANING

Methodology&

Approach

FORM--------------------------------- MEANINGGRAMMAR-------------------------- WORDSTRANSLATION ---------------------- COMMUNICATION

end of 18th century literature

bilingual vocabulary lists

The Grammar Translation Method

L1 L2

The Reform Movement

LiteraryStage

MechanicalStage

GrammaticalStage

IdiomaticStage

ArchaicStage

Sweet’scurriculum

THE DIRECT METHOD

-end of 19th century-developed bySauveur-made famousby Berlitz

meaning

target language

translation

LESSON:-common nouns-verb ”to be” -common adj.

It is a big nose.

THE READING METHODSITUATIONAL LANGUAGE TEACHING

1920s-1930s The Reading Method

Situational Language Teaching

development ofthe reading skills

THE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD

World War II

pronunciation and drilling

role of vocabulary minimalized

COMMUNICATIVE METHOD

Noam Chomsky

competence

performance

reaction against

Dell Hymes

communicativecompetence

focus on communicative

skills

THE NATURAL APPROACH

Acquisition-LearningHypothesis

Natural OrderHypothesis

Monitor Hypothesis

InputHypothesis

Affective FilterHypothesis

emphasis onmeaningful production

rather thangrammatical correctness

LEXICAL APPROACH

perceiving words as chunks communicative approach with naturally

occurring lexis

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