2. Language Teaching Method
Developed by Caleb Gattegno in
1963
Premise: minimize TTT and
maximize STT
3. Based on the hypotheses that learning is
facilitated :
if the learner discovers or creates rather than
remembers or repeats
by mediating physical objects
by problem solving
4. “ Tell me and I
forget, teach me
and I remember,
involve me and I
learn”
Benjamin
Franklin
5. Structural position: focus on grammatical
and lexical vocabulary and sounds production.
Focus on propositional meaning rather than
communicative value.
Hypothetical mode (in contrast with
expository mode): teacher and student in
cooperative position. Students have an active
role.
6. AIMS
Give beginning level students oral and aural
facility in basic elements of the target language.
Provide the learner with the basic practical
knowledge of the grammar of the language.
Teach HOW to learn a language.
7. OBJECTIVES
Students are expected to become
independent, autonomous and responsible.
Students develop self-exploration and inner
criteria by discovering their own mistakes.
Students are expected to acquire near-native
fluency in the target language, and correct
pronunciation and mastery of the prosodic
elements.
8.
9. 1.The teacher models a
word, phrase, or sentence
and then elicits learner
responses, using the aid of
charts and rods.
2.Learners go on to create
their own utterances by
putting together old and
new information.
( Teacher modeling is
minimal, although
much of the activity
may be teacher
directed)
10.
11. • A set of
coloured rods
• Colour-coded
pronunciation
and vocabulary
charts
• A pointer
• Reading/
writing
exercises
12.
13. Silence is used as a teaching technique
“Silence is considered the best vehicle for
learning, because in silence students
concentrate on the task to be
accomplished and the potential means to
its accomplishments”
