ASSUMPTIONS-approaches

Activity Assumption Reasons

PPP – a structural ‘building block’
approach to learning is effective.
Out of accuracy comes fluency
Behaviourism/Audio Linguistics –
eg. repeating & practicing an item,
drilling
SS need a model of
production/speaking (writing?)
It’s useful to learn chunks of
language rather than just
individual words & SS don’t need to
analyse the grammar of these
chunks (lexical approach)
Repetition of an exercise/language
item is useful
Giving students time to plan their
answer will improve the quality
and accuracy of their production.
Lexical approach – E.g. lots of
emphasis on vocabulary, chunks
etc...
Introduction of language following
a systematic order is appropriate
Interactionist - input must be
comprehensible – graded
texts/spoken practice is important
Interactionist - Learners need to
interact with other, better learners
or native speakers