Unit 1: The conceptual basis of second language teaching and learning
Unit 2: The empirical basis of second language teaching and learning
Practice task:
Read the section "Humanism and experiential psychology " from pages 5-7 of the book, and then complete the two tasks - the 'traditional' teachers and the 'experiential teachers'.
Web search:
Using a search engine of your choice (I favor "Google" http://www.google.com/), search the web using the phrase "communicative language teaching". Find an article on CLT, and compare the view presented with that set out on pages 9 - 10 of the book. Complete a critical review of the article, and post it on the bulletin board.
Review quiz:
'True' or 'False'
Practice task:
Drag and drop the studies so that they match a hypothesis that they were designed to investigate.
Web search:
Using a search engine of your choice (I favor “Google” http://www.google.com/), search the web using the phrase ‘second language acquisition’.
Review Quiz:
Look at the research summaries, and then read the outcome. Click on ‘true’ or ‘false’.
Practice task:
Go to this site the following site and do the task: http://uk.cambridge.org/elt/interchange/students/meeting.htm.
Then complete the questions in this activity.
Web search:
Go to a search engine of your choice (I favor “Google” http://www.google.com/), search the web for authentic resources for each of the four skills. Submit the URLs to the bulletin board.
Go to the following URL and compare the concepts presented there with the discussion in Chapter 3 of Second Language Teaching and Learning. http://expressions.heinle.com/teachers/index.html
Post the results of your comparison on the bulletin board.
Review Quiz: