Teaching Foreign Languages
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Teaching ForeignLanguages Margarete Lazar
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
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
Howtogoaboutforeignlanguagelearning I • Focus on Language - Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation etc. • Focus on theLearner – LearnerContributions, Learner Needs
Howtogoaboutforeignlanguagelearning II • Linguisticapproach – fromthe easy tothedifficult • Communicativeapproach – what do learnersneed in certainsituations • Holisticapproach – learningfrom an authenticenvironment/text
Take homemessage • Thereisnooneabsolutely RIGHT approach. • Teachersarefreetochoose.