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THE SILENT WAY

THE SILENT WAY. WHAT IS THE SILENT WAY. It is a method to language teaching designed to enable students to become independent, autonomous and responsible learners. The Silent Way was created by Caleb GATTEGNO, Egyptian author in 1960s. Discovering and creating Phsical object Problem solving.

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THE SILENT WAY

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  1. THE SILENT WAY

  2. WHAT IS THE SILENT WAY It is a method to language teaching designed to enable students to become independent, autonomous and responsible learners.

  3. The Silent Way was created by Caleb GATTEGNO, Egyptian author in 1960s.

  4. Discovering and creating • Phsical object • Problem solving

  5. Bruner: the benefits of TSW are • 1. the increase in intellectual potency • 2. the shift from extrinsic to intrinsic rewards • 3. the learning of heuristic by discovering • 4. the aid to conserving memory

  6. Benjamin Franklin Tell me and I forget teach me and I remember involve and I learn

  7. APPROACH THEORY OF LANGUAGE structural view of language to learn grammar inductively propositional meaning vocabulary as a central dimension THEORY OF LEARNING cognitivism silence awareness

  8. DESIGN • Objectives • Syllabus • Learning Activities • Roles of Teachers • Roles of Learners • Materials

  9. OBJECTIVES • Giving beginning level students oral and aural facility. • Near-native fluency in the target language • Correct pronunciation. • Providing the learner with a basic practical knowledge of the grammar

  10. SYLLABUS • No fixed syllabus • Beginning with student knowledge • Developing syllabus from easy to complex

  11. Simple linguistic signs Charts, Fidel Charts, rods and other aids Responses to commands, questions and visual cues LEARNING ACTIVITIES

  12. ROLES OF LEARNERS • Developing independence autonomy and responsibility • Correcting each other • Learning to work cooperatively

  13. ROLES OF TEACHERS • Being silent as much as possible • Helping if necessary • Focusing on the students’ perception • Providing exercises to insure their facilities with language. • Respecting the autonomy of the learners

  14. MATERIALS • Metal Pointer (for teacher) • Reading & Writing Exercises • Color-sound charts • Fidel chart • Word chart • Colored rods

  15. PROCEDURE • Focusing on pronunciation • Indicating stress, phrasing and intonation • Practising sentence patterns, structure and vocabulary

  16. ADVANTAGES  • Fostering cooperating learning between individuals • Saving time and energy for both teachers and students • Increasing self-esteem of students

  17. DISADVANTAGES  • Studying in small groups • Using only specific materials • No creativity

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