The wonderful world of language learning and teaching

Summary Digital literacies, in short, is how much knowledge we have about the use of new technologies in order to improve our skills and perform satisfactorily in these digital times. And this is essential since we will be teachers of the famous digital natives, and as digital immigrants we have the responsibility of updating ourselves every day to use these technologies correctly. However, they use them for purely social activities, in addition they are not attracted by the technology itself, but by the facilities and enjoyment that these offer them when performing traditional activities.                                                     Essay                                                       Currently, we have cha...

Have you ever heard about this language teaching method? If not, don't worry, we will explain you. First, what are the goals objectives of the teachers using this method? The most important goal of teacher who use this method is to motivate and accelerate more the students’ mental potential to learn the target language to use it in daily communication. That is why the teacher must remove the psychological barriers that students bring with them so that they are able to receive knowledge of the target language.   Second, what are the roles that both teacher and student play in this method?  The role of the teacher is to create situations in which learners are most suggestible and then to present linguistic material in a way most likely to encourage positive reception and retention by learners. The students should have faith in the system and accept that they are in a childlike situation where they follow the teacher / parent . The students should not be critical, but simply...

Have you ever heard about this language teaching method? If not, don't worry, we will explain you. First, what are the goals objectives of the teachers using this method? Teachers aim to make their students enjoy themselves throughout the target language learning experience. They believe that by eliminating the stress generated by learning a language, students will attain higher levels. That is why teachers teach the target language in the same way that students learned their native language. Second, what are the roles that both teacher and student play in this method?  The teacher plays an active and direct role in Total Physical Response. It is the teacher who decides what to teach, who models and presents the new materials, and who selects supporting materials for classroom use. The teacher is encouraged to be well prepared and well organized so that the lesson flows smoothly and predictably. The teacher's role is not so much to teach as to provide opportunities for learning...

Have you ever heard about this language teaching method? If not, don't worry, we will explain you. First, what are the goals objectives of the teachers using this method? The main goal of teachers who use this method is to seek that his students can use the target language to express themselves and show their thoughts, perceptions and feelings. Also this method helps beginning-level students gain basic fluency in the target language, with the ultimate aim being near-native language proficiency and good pronunciation. In order to help them achieve this, teachers emphasize self-reliance. Second, what are the roles that both teacher and student play in this method?  The role of the teacher is that of technician or engineer. The teacher's task is to focus the students' attention, and provide exercises to help them develop language facility; however, to ensure their self-reliance, the teacher should only help the students as much as is strictly necessary. For example, teachers w...

Have you ever heard about this language teaching method? If not, don't worry, we will explain you. 📚🙋 First, what are the goals objectives of the teachers using this method? The main objective of teachers that use this method is, via teaching vocabulary and grammatical patterns and through dialogues, to enable students to respond quickly and accurately in spoken language  without stopping to think into the target language. The dialogues are learnt through repetition and such drills as repetition, backward build-up, chain, substitution, transformation, and question-and-answer are conducted based upon the patterns in the dialogue . Second, what are the roles that both teacher and student play in this method?  In the Audio-lingual Method the teacher has an active role as he is the sole authority to control and direct the whole learning programme. He monitors and corrects the students’ performance. He is also responsible for providing the students with a good model for imitation...

Have you ever heard about this language teaching method? If not, don't worry, we will explain you. First, what are the goals objectives of the teachers using this method? The goals of teachers using this method is to make their students learn to speak in the target language without having to translate into their mother tongue. For this, teachers have to teach their students to think in the target language and thus develop their communication skills in that language. Second, what are the roles that both teacher and student play in this method?  In this method, the role of the teacher is to direct the class activities, encourage students to participate in class by asking them questions constantly, and corrects their mistakes immediately. Something really important in this role is that students and teachers are partners in the learning process. In the other hand, the student role is less passive than in the grammar translation method. Moreover, students have to speak a lot that means ...