The document discusses the Natural Approach to language acquisition, focusing on communication over grammar and allowing spontaneous language output after students are exposed to comprehensible input. It outlines the principles that prioritize communicative skills, the gradual emergence of speech, and categorizes classroom activities into content, affective, humanistic games, and problem-solving. The roles of both the teacher and students are highlighted, emphasizing a supportive and non-pressuring learning environment.

1. NATURAL
APPROACH
AREVALO SEQUEA MAIRA.
BARAHONA ESPAÑA
OHADIS.
CARRASCAL SANCHEZ
JULIO.
UNIVERSIDAD POPULAR
DEL CESAR.
2016.

3. Leyenda
It aims to foster naturalistic language
acquisition in a classroom setting, and to
this end it emphasises communication, and
places decreased importance on conscious
grammar study and explicit correction of
student errors.

4. In the natural approach,
language output is not
forced, but allowed to
emerge spontaneously
after students have
attended to large
amounts of
comprehensible
language input.

5. He divides these activities into
four main areas:
• Content activities, such as
learning a new subject in the
target language; activities
which focus on personalizing
language, such as students
sharing their favorite music;
games; and problem-solving
activities.

6. Outline
The aim of the natural approach is to
develop communicative skills, and it is primarily intended
to be used with beginning learners.
Terrell outlines three basic principles of the approach:
• "Focus of instruction is on communication rather than
its form.“
• "Speech production comes slowly and is never forced."
• "Early speech goes through natural stages (yes or no
response, one- word answers, lists of words, short
phrases, complete sentences.)"

7. LESSONS IN THE
NATURAL
APPROACH
FOCUS ON
UNDERSTANDING
MESSAGES IN
THE FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
THEY ALSO
EMPHASIZE
LEARNING OF A
WIDE VOCABUL
ARYBASE OVER
LEARNING NEW
GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURES.

8. EXAMPLE.

9. STUDY PLAN
• Terrell outlines four categories of classroom activities that can facilitate
language acquisition (as opposed to language learning):
Content (culture,
subject matter, new
information,
Reading…)
Affective - humanistic
Games [focus on using
language to
participate in the
game.
Problem solving
(focus on using
language to locate
information, use
information, etc.,

10. ROLL STUDENT

11. STUDENT
Responsibilities:
-Provide information about their specific objectives (issues that are most
important to your needs).
-Adopt an active role, learn and use control techniques of conversation.
-Deciding when they begin to produce language and when advance.
-Deciding the amount of time that was devoted to a topic, even complement
it and correct it without help from the teacher.

12. ROLL TEACHER
• - It is the main source of information
understandable entry into the target
language.
• -creates a climate of interesting and
relaxed class without asking students
to speak before they are ready.
• He must choose and organize class
activities, you are responsible for
choosing the material and design use.
• The teacher speaks slowly and
clearly, asking questions and answers.
• Introduce information of the new
language in an understandable way

13. - The class rotates around the objects in the environment.
- Students don´t say anything until they feel safe.
- When the student is ready to produce, the teacher helps you with a basic
vocabulary.
- The student at a basic level produces superficial sentences (simple
answers).

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