Topic: Methodology of English Language Teaching in Middle Schools

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Topic Methodology of English Language Teaching
in Middle Schools

• General objectives
• 1.Students will be able to tell the
  reasons of taking up the course and the
  components of the course.

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Lesson One Orientation

• Pre-task activities
• Step One guess the definition of Methodology
• While-task activities
• Step Two discuss the importance of the course.
• Step Three guess the components of the course
  and sequence the contents in groups.
• Post-task activities
• Step Four class work to decide the sequence of
  contents.

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Definition of Methodology

• 1.Methodology is the science or study of methods.
  The Advanced LernersDictionary of Current
  English with Chinese Translation
• 2. Methodology is the set of methods used for
  study or action in a particular subject. Longman
  Dictionary of Contemporary English

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• 3. Methodology
• (1) (in language teaching) the study of the
  practices and procedures used in teaching, and
  the principles and beliefs that underlie them.
• Methodology includes
• (a) study of the nature of language skills
  (eg reading, writing, speaking, listening ) and
  procedures for teaching them
• (b) study of the preparation of lesson
  plan, materials, and textbooks for teaching
  language skills
• (c) the evaluation and comparison of
  language teaching methods (the Audiolingual
  Method)
• (2) such practices, procedures, principles,
  and beliefs themselves.
• One can for example criticize or praise the
  methodology of a particular language
  course.Longman Dictionary of Applied
  Linguistics

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Definition of Method

• Method can be defined in terms of three
  levels Approach, design and procedure.
• Approach means a theory of language and of
  language learning,
• Design means the definition of linguistic content
  and a specification for the selection and
  organization of content and a description of the
  role of teacher, learner and teaching material.
• Procedure means the description of techniques
  and practices in the instructional system.

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The relationship between approach, design and
procedure
Method
Approach
Design
Procedure
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The relationship between approach, design and
procedure

• A method is theoretically related to an
  approach,
• is organizationally determined by a design, and
  is practically realized in procedure.

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Elements and subelements that constitute a method

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  Method
• Approach
  Design
  Procedure
• a. Theory of language a.
  Objectives a. techniques,
  practices, and
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  b. Syllabus
  behaviors
• b. Theory of language learning c.
  Learning and teaching
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  activities
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  d. Learner roles
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  e. Teacher roles
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  f. The role of instructional
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  materials