The document discusses the natural approach for teaching English as a foreign language. It was developed by Tracy Terrell and Stephen Krashen in the 1970s. The natural approach focuses on communication, meaning, and student interaction through relaxation, realia, TPR activities, and providing comprehensible input. It draws from the fields of sociology, pedagogy, psychology, and linguistics.

1. UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR INSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO DE CARACAS DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS MODERNOS PROGRAMA INGLÉS CURSO:DIDÁCTICA DEL INGLÉS Caracas, October 2011 NATURAL APPROACH Students: Professor: Alexis Centrella Nancy Coronado William Benjamin Mirna Quintero

2. NATURAL APPROACH Communication Language is Meaning Stages Interaction

3. Concepts Relaxation Realia T.P.R Motivation Input Communication Meaning Time Contextualization Stimulus-Response

4. Developers Tracy Terrell (1977) and Stephen Krashen

5. Perspectives Sociology Pedagogy Psychology Linguistics

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