COMPETENCE
+ a person’s underlying knowledge of language
+ people can create and understand sentences
+ enables people to recognize ambiguous / incorrect
sentences
PERFORMANCE
+ actual use of language
+ sometimes, performance is not perfect/ not correct.
+ performance is affected by: memory limitation,
distraction, shifts of attention or psychological factors
THE ROLES OF A TEACHER
1. Controller: control the classroom activities
2. Resource: provide necessary information
3. Participant: take part in the classroom activities
4. Demonstrator: present the lessons/demonstrate the
ideas …
5. Prompter: suggest ideas/offer words …
APPROACH
+ Theories about the nature of lg. and lg. learning
+ level at which beliefs and assumptions are performed.
METHOD
+ practical realization of an approach
+ level at which theories are put into practice (activities,
materials, procedures etc.)
PROCEDURE
+pre-reading: holding a warm-up activity  introducing
the lesson  pre-teaching some vocabulary  asking
guiding questions
TECHNIQUE