BACHELOR OF APPLIED
LINGUISTICS ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY
ANDREA MISHELL MALES QUISHPE
FIRST TERM | Msc. Gonzalo Puma
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
 Learning Activity 1.1
1) Make a Compare and contrast matrix to compare and contrast the advantages,
disadvantages, aspects of each method or approach that are still used, the
teacher´s role, the students´ role and the role of the materials. of the following
methods or approaches:
Advantages
 The Grammar
Disadvantages
o The teacher´s role
Translation
*Teachers focus on developing reading and writing *There
Method
skills.
is
not
interaction
much
between
*Use of the memory in order to understand the teacher and learner as well
morphology and syntax of the foreign language
as between students (it is
*Teacher develop the mental discipline on students necessary to develop a
(improves the efficiency of the learning process)
o The students´ role
comfortable
environment
for learners thus they will
*Students follow the teacher in order to do activities express their doubts)
such as;
*Here the speaking and
1. Reading comprehension questions
listening
2. Fill in blanks
considered not important.
skills
are
3.Translate sentences from the native language into
the foreign language
*Students are supposed to memorize the rules and the
new vocabulary
o The role of the materials.
*Presentation and study of grammar rules
*Teach grammar in an organized and systematic way
 Audio Lingual
Method
o The teacher´s role
*Teachers direct and control the language behavior of *Teachers don’t use the
students
students’ native language in
*Teachers use the repetition in their teaching activities the
classroom.
(learners
* Teachers use an oral-based approach to drills don’t have confidence in
learners in the use of grammatical sentence.
speaking in that language as
*Teachers don’t use the students’ native language in a result, the teacher will not
the classroom (It is good because learners will be able to identify the
familiarize with the foreign language)
o The students´ role
*Learners develop the speaking skill
students’ needs)
*Repetition consumes time
and
encourages
the
*Learners follow the teacher’s direction in order to scattered mind to remain
have good participation in an activity, for instance, scattered
repetition drill, complete the dialogue
o The role of the materials.
*Don’t focus on teaching
vocabulary
*The Audiolingual Method assist the teacher to * Grammatical explanation
develop language mastery in the learner.
is avoided
*The tape recorder provides precise models for
dialogues and drills
 The Silent Way
o The teacher´s role
*Teacher’s role is just to observe and be in silence
* As a learner, I think students
*Teacher doesn’t say anything but he monitors need a guide in the case we
learner’s interaction with each other. He uses activities have doubts or even we make
such as word chart, the Fidel, Cuisenaire rod, the mistakes without a teacher
sound/color rectangle chart.
*Teachers have to create an environment that facilities
learning
o The students´ role
*The students’ role is to do the task given by the
teacher
*Independence, autonomy, and responsibility are
developed by learners
*Learners develop “inner criteria” due to the absence
of correction and repeated modeling from the teacher
who answers or correct us.
Our knowledge will be vague.
*This method has a lack of
sound and pronunciation
knowledge
*Students learn to work cooperatively rather than
competitively because they have themselves as
individuals or students’ group
o The role of the materials.
*Materials are used to demonstrate the relationships
between sound and meaning in the target language
*Promote independence and cooperative
 The
o The teacher´s role
Communicative *Teachers is to be a facilitator of his students’ learning *Devices are allowed in
Approach
*Teacher have to act as an independent participant
classroom (It can produce
*He is the manager of classroom activities
distraction to learners)
*Teacher intentions are students use the target
language
*Teacher is a researcher in order to contribute
appropriate knowledge
o The students´ role
*Students work in four skills from the beginning
because they need knowledge of the linguistic forms,
and functions.
*Learners have more responsibility and are involved in
the process of learning.
*Students are communicators, try to understand
themselves and others. Students use the language to
communicate activities, like games, role plays, tasks.
o The role of the materials.
*They are a way of encouraging the quality of
classroom interaction and language use
 Cooperative
o The teacher´s role
Language
* The teacher’s role is to provide the material
Learning
*Teacher helps and monitor students in the work
*It consumes time
*Teachers structure the classroom and activities
*Students depend on one
*It is better if the teachers prepare the class in advance another
o The students´ role
*Learners
have
to
*Some students don’t do
work
together
instead the task
independently.
*Students
speak
*Students work together to achieve the task
everything less of the task
*Students develop and practice social skills
*Difficult
to
about
grade
for
*Student share ideas in order to interchange teacher
knowledge
*Students collaborate with one another in order to be
successful and work towards their common goal
o The role of the materials.
*Promote communicative interaction in the classroom
 Task Based
o The teacher´s role
Language
*Teacher have to develop activities that involve real *There is no acquisition of
Teaching
communication, in which language is used for carrying new grammar or vocabulary
out meaningful, tasks promote learning.
*Some students need more
*Teacher acts as a mediator
guidance
o The students´ role
*Student use language to achieve a specific outcome
*Students translate and use
a lot of their native language
* Learners' role is to complete a task; they have
abundant opportunity to interact.
 Learning Activity 1.2
1) Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation/Prezi with information about receptive skills,
four slides for listening skill and four for reading skill.
https://prezi.com/p/xzcryyfmpmwl/etmlearning-activity-12/
 Learning Activity 1.3
1) Prepare a graphic organizer similar to the one below from chapters and the books
provided with information about productive skills: writing and speaking
Productive Skills
Writing
Speaking
Details:
Details:
It has four speaking skills. They are
fluency, vocabulary, and grammar,
pronunciation.
Writing
is
a
medium
of
communication that is represented
by signs and symbols
It is the action of conveying information
in spoken language
It demonstrates the knowledge of
grammar through a written
Speaking is the productive skill because
it
demonstrates
the
student's
knowledge of the target language
through speech
Correct grammar, punctuation, and
spelling are key in written
communications.
Conclusion:
To sum up, productive skills are outwards (output). It refers to the uses of speaking and
writing skills. Here the learners’ role is to produce the target language in comparison to
receptive skills students don’t produce knowledge because they only receive the
information. Furthermore, productive skills involve to convey the information through
speech or written, for instance, producing utterance, words, phrases, sentences and
paragraphs which are the skills more visible to know if the learners know or not know
the target language moreover it helps to the teacher to identify the strengths and
weaknesses’ learners. Since both skills demonstrate students' performance.
 Learning Activity 1.4
1) Prepare a PPT/Prezi about materials development.
https://www.slideshare.net/AndreaMichelle9/learningactivity4malesquishpeandreaenglishteaching
methodology