Day 41: The Direct Method

Presentation 2:  THE DIRECT METHOD

Day 40: The Grammar Translation Method

Presentation 1:  THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD

Day 39: Taking a glimpse at Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT)

Objectives

Students will be able to

• have a first-hand experience of a TBLT lesson.
• reflect on the experience.

Today we are all going to engage in a group task, THE HOSPITAL TASK. 

Students will divide in groups of 4. One student will goo the board.

Source:

The Hospital Tak is an idea taken from Professor Numa Markee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Day 38: Organizing Final Project

Objectives
Students will be able to meet with their team members to plan for the research and upcoming presentation of the method assigned.

Prompt for Final Project
Schedule of Presentations

Day 37: Motivation (wrapping up)

Today we will finish the discussion of Dornyei's article and its implications to L2 language teaching.

Day 36: Motivation (cont.)

Today we will have a forum on Dörnyei´s article.
Make sure you read the article before class and highlight those ideas that you find interesting.

Zoltan Dörnyei
(Retrieved from Wikipedia.org)

This website, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, is a great resource to continue learning about all important topics in our profession:

http://americanenglish.state.gov/ 

Day 35: Motivation

Objectives

Students will be able to

• read Dörnyei´s article on Motivation and Motivating in the Foreign Language Classroom.
• summarize its most important ideas.    

Here it is Dörnyei´s article on motivation.