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Dip002
Module 2
A brief history of ELT
Overview
This module focuses on the past, present and potential
future of EFL teaching methodology. Through a study of
the past we can gain a better understanding of the
current situation and by studying this, we may be able to
suggest the possible direction that methodology will take
in the future.
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Background
Theory and practice
Let us start by making a distinction between theory and
practice.
n Behaviorism
n Social cognition
n Constructivism
n Cognitive development
Behaviorism
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Social cognition
Constructivism
Cognitive development
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1. Each theory, part of them, or a combination, has underpinned many of the methodologies that have been
used over the years.
Here are some examples. For each write a detailed description of the main pedagogical processes involved in
the method/approach.
b. Audio Lingualism
g. Suggestopaedia
j. PPP
k. ESA
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2. Choose any two of the methodologies described above and explain how they would be suitable or otherwise
for a group of Japanese middle managers, in a car manufacturing plant.
3. Choose one of the three additional approaches you gave earlier in the unit and outline the theory behind it.
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Task sheet
2. A great deal of research has recently taken place in the USA and Great Britain regarding 'Language Corpora'
which has led to a resurgent interest in the Lexical Approach. Outline three recent developments in the use of
corpora for language teaching.
3. Outline Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Which of the methodologies you have studied best fit the
Piaget model? Explain your answer.
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4. For each of the theorists below, classify their work in terms of Behaviorist, Constructivist and so forth, and
explain why you have placed them in this 'camp'.
a. Bandura
b. Montessori
c. Skinner
d. Dewey
e. Bruner
f. Watson
g. Papert
h. Piaget
5. Which approach do you feel is most suitable to ESL teaching and why?
Make sure you have copied and saved a file of your guided study and research answers, so that you can refer to
them during the test.
Good luck.
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