Teaching Methods

Students should learn functions rather than structures, and should develop competence to react appropriately in diverse and unplanned situations.

The goal is to get students to use the L2 while working collaboratively on meaningful tasks.

Explicit grammar instruction of rules and their exceptions is the main focus to master the target language.

The class combines onsite instruction with a teacher with online practice that may or may not include live sessions with an instructor.

Students sing a song “ Heads and shoulders, knees and toes “. They touch the correct part of their body as they sing the song.

The teacher, who remains quiet most of the time, uses color-coded charts and items to get the students to produce language.

A relaxing environment is critical for learning; therefore, the teacher plays classical music while students read and memorize vocabulary.

Teacher gives initial instructions. Students conduct a survey to ask their classmates when their birthdays are and write the answers down. They try to find a different child for each month of the year. Then, in groups they create a calendar for the classroom to post on the bulletin board and put the names of the students with their corresponding birthdays.

The teacher tells a story about animals. Children make animal noises every time they hear the name of the animal.

The target language is used all the time, creating an immersion environment, where the learners' L1 is discarded.