This document discusses strategies for presenting new content in English language teaching. It outlines that presentation is a crucial first stage that influences later learning. Effective presentation involves building a meaningful, memorable situation requiring natural language use. New language should then be introduced through a linguistic model for students to practice. Some strategies discussed are motivating interest, providing discovery experiences, and using written material actively rather than passively. References for further reading are also included.

1. Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador
Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas
Departamento de Idiomas modernos
Cátedra de Lingüística
Metodología de la enseñanza del Inglés como Idioma Extranjero
PRESENTING NEW CONTENT
Zaraid Veliz
Caracas, june 2012

2. Presentation is the first (and
perhaps most crucial) stage to the
language learning process, as it
usually has a profound influence on
the stages that follow and governs
whether those stages are effective
or not.

3. • Presentation involves the building of a situation
requiring natural and logical use of the new language.
• When the "situation" is recognized and understood
by the students, they will then start instinctively
building a conceptual understanding of the
meaning behind the new language, and why it will be
relevant and useful to them.
• When the situation surrounding the new language
and the conceptual meaning of it has been achieved,
the new language should be introduced by means of a
linguistic "model".
• It is this model that the students will go on to
practice and hopefully achieve naturally without help
during a productive activity.

4. There are a variety of ways in which new
language items may be presented but
most Presentations should have at least
some of the following features:
• Meaningful
• Memorable and
• Realistic examples

5. Some strategies for presenting
new content
• Motivating interest in new content
• Providing Discovery- Type Experiences
• Using written material to present new
content

6. Motivating interest in new
content
(Some basic guidelines for increasing student motivation)
• Maximize success experiences.
• Minimize anxiety.
• Allow students to personalize the process.
• Respect students' personal time clocks.
• Take advantage of the power of teamwork.
• Avoid penalties for poor performance.
• Craft lessons that are intrinsically
satisfying

7. Providing Discovery- Type
Experiences
• A discovery lesson generates curiosity
that will motivate serious study.
• One of the best ways to inspire active
learning is to enlist puzzlement,
suspense, and the human need to know
how things turn out.

8. Using written material to present
new content
We can use written material to provide
instruction in class, but if it is to be
maximally effective, we must take care
to use it in a way that
produces active learning. That is not
easy, for written material often leads
to passive reading.

9. References
• http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/nosirjon/presentation
-a-crucial-stage-0
• http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/103113.aspx