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EM10 - Taxonomy of Techniques
1. Jon Henry Bello Ordoñez
BSEd 3D1
EM10: Teaching Speaking and Writing
MECHANICAL, MEANINGFUL, AND COMMUNICATIVE DRILLS
In the decades of 1940s through the 1960s, language pedagogy was obsessed with the drill.
Often great proportions of the class time were spent drilling.
A drill may be defined as a technique that focuses on a minimal number of language forms
through some type of repetition.
Drills are commonly done:
- chorally
- individually
They can take the form of:
- simple repetition drills
- substitution drills
- moving substitution drill
In referring to structural pattern drills, Paulston and Bruder (1976) used three categories:
- Mechanical
- Meaningful
- Communicative
Mechanical drills have only one response from a student.
Meaningful drills may have a predicted response or a limited of possible responses.
Communicative drills offers the possibility of an open response and negotiation of meaning.
CONTROLLED TO FREE TECHNIQUES
Controlled
- Teacher-centered
- Manipulative
- Structured
- Predicted student responses
- Pre-planned objectives
- Set curriculum
Free
- Student-centered