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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > Silent Method
Silent Method
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monasabry
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Silent Method
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Hi all, please I need some help with the silent method of teaching. Do you have any ideas for lesson plans? |
5 Oct 2013
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cunliffe
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No ideas, but I �m looking forward to the suggestions. If I knew a method to keep a class silent, I would patent it.  |
6 Oct 2013
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Effedi
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Silent? Teaching a Language in silence? What do you mean?
About the methods to keep a class silent and intersted I strongly recommend PNL : I have read PNL for Teachers and it was GREAT :-)
I hope I was useful, in some way |
6 Oct 2013
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MoodyMoody
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I have heard of the Silent Way of language teaching, but like Effedi, I am skeptical. I know that as a teacher I talk too much, but saying nothing is an overreaction. If I taught a more advanced level class, I might try it, but lower-level students need the teacher to model. Try Googling Silent Way language teaching and see what you get. |
6 Oct 2013
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Peter Hardy
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The method is from the 1960 �s and its �inventor � disagreed with the then common teaching methods. Nowadays we know better. The one thing I have learned is that you do not learn without examples aka role models. I �ve also learned that many of these so-called great methods hardly ever work. They often state that students learn in many different ways, only to give you just one way: theirs. So I agree with the others, that some silence in class is beneficial, but this method is not what I would use.
For example, if I give you a picture and some colours, would you be able to figure out what to say in my native language? Think about it in silence, and let us know when you �ve figured it out. :-)
And then their is of course Google to find out more. http://fr.slideshare.net/ahmetmesutates/silent-way-teaching-method seems to be the dominant site. Good luck.
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6 Oct 2013
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libertybelle
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Language is a living thing - it must be read, spoken aloud, used, listened to and seen!
After I have gone through an assignment - worked with the vocabulary - I put my students in small groups with questions and pictures they need to discuss.
Using a language is the only way to move passive words into active words.
If you choose subjects that are relevant to your students � own lives, they will love to speak.
I always start with topics close to home.
I also take photos of my students doing different things and let them discuss what is going on in the pictures. (good for grammar too)
Guided learning can be fun - as long as your students find it relevant!
There is nothing silent about learning a language.
good luck
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6 Oct 2013
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But like many other ways of teaching, or research, it has its limits .