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Teaching Foreign Languages

This text explores the different approaches to teaching and learning foreign languages, highlighting the factors that influence success in language acquisition for both adults and children. It discusses strategies such as focusing on language components, learner needs, linguistic and communicative approaches, and the importance of a holistic learning environment. The text emphasizes that there is no definitive right approach, giving teachers the freedom to choose methods that best suit their students.

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Teaching Foreign Languages

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  1. Teaching ForeignLanguages Margarete Lazar

  2. L1 Acquisitionand L2 Learning I L1 • Perfectmastery • Successguaranteed • Little variation in degreeofsuccessand route L2 • Adultsunlikelytoachievemastery, childrenmay • Completesuccessis rare in adults • Substantial variation in degreeofsuccessand route

  3. L1 Acquisitionand L2 Learning II L1 • Fossilisation unknown • Clear intuitionaboutcorrectgrammar • Explicit instruction not needed • Correctionrarelyfound • Affectivefactors not so important L2 • Fossilisation andbackslidingcommon • Nocleargrammarjudgement • Instructionishelpful. • Correctionishelpfulandnecessary. • Affectivefactorsplay a majorrole

  4. Howtogoaboutforeignlanguagelearning I • Focus on Language - Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation etc. • Focus on theLearner – LearnerContributions, Learner Needs

  5. Howtogoaboutforeignlanguagelearning II • Linguisticapproach – fromthe easy tothedifficult • Communicativeapproach – what do learnersneed in certainsituations • Holisticapproach – learningfrom an authenticenvironment/text

  6. Take homemessage • Thereisnooneabsolutely RIGHT approach. • Teachersarefreetochoose.

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