情景教学法的理论基础

1、2021/4/21 GROUP 3: TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMARS IN CONTEXT THEORY: SITUATIONAL LANGUAGE TEACHING METHOD GROUP MEMBERS: 2021/4/22BackgroundThe main characteristics of the approachTheory of languageTheory of learningThe objectives of the Situational Language Teaching method Types of learning and teaching

2、 activitiesBackgroundBackground The origins of this approach began with the work of Britlsh The origins of this approach began with the work of Britlsh applied linguists in the 1920s and 1930s. applied linguists in the 1920s and 1930s. Beginning at this time, a number of outstanding applied Beginnin

3、g at this time, a number of outstanding applied Linguists developed the basis for a principled approach to Linguists developed the basis for a principled approach to methodology in language teaching. methodology in language teaching. Two of the leaders in this movement were Harold Palmer Two of the

4、leaders in this movement were Harold Palmer and A. S. Hornby, two of the most prominent figures in and A. S. Hornby, two of the most prominent figures in British twentieth-century language teaching.British twentieth-century language teaching. What they attempted was to develop a more scientific What

5、 they attempted was to develop a more scientific foundation for an oral approach to teach English than was foundation for an oral approach to teach English than was evidenced in the Direct Method.evidenced in the Direct Method. 2021/4/24The main characteristics of the approach+ Language teaching beg

6、ins with the spoken language. +Material is taught orally before it is presented in written form.+The target language is the language of the classroom+New language points are introduced and practiced situationally.2021/4/25 5Vocabulary selection procedures are followed to ensure that an essential gen

7、eral service vocabulary is covered.Items of grammar are graded following the principle that simple forms should be taught before complex ones.Reading and writing are introduced once a sufficient lexical and grammatical basis is established.The main characteristics of the approach2021/4/26Theory of L

8、anguageTheory of LanguageThe theory of language underlying Situational Language Teaching can be characterized as a type of British “structuralism.” Speech was regarded as the basis of language, and structure was viewed as being at the heart of speaking ability. Our principal classroom activity in th

9、e teaching of English structure will be the oral practice of structures. This oral practice of controlled sentence patterns should be given in situations designed to give the greatest amount of practice in English speech to the pupilThe theory that knowledge of structures must be linked to situation

10、s in which they could be used gave Situational Language Teaching one of its distinctive features. 2021/4/27Theory of learningTheory of learningThe theory of learning underlying Situational Language Teaching is a type of behaviorist habit-learning theory. It addresses primarily the processes rather t

11、han the conditions of learning.Palmer has pointed out, there are three processes in learning a language : receiving the knowledge or materials, fixing it in the memory by repetition and using it in actual practice until it becomes a personal skill.Situational language Teaching adopts an inductive ap

12、proach to the teaching of grammarThe meaning of words or structures is not to be given through explanation in either the native tongue or the target language but to be induced from the way the form is used in a situation.2021/4/28 8The objectives of the Situational Language Teaching method The objec

13、tives of the Situational Language Teaching method are to teach a command of the four basic skills of language, but the skills are approached through structure. Accuracy in both pronunciation and grammar is regarded as crucial, and errors are to be avoided. Automatic control of basic structures and s

14、entence patterns is fundamental to reading and writing skills, and this is achieved through speech work. 2021/4/29Types of learning and teaching Types of learning and teaching activitiesactivities+Situational Language Teaching employs a situational approach to presenting new sentence patterns and a drill-based manner of practicing them.+The form of new words and sentence patterns is demonstrated with examples and not throu