Theories of Teaching in Language Teaching

Theories of Teaching in Language Teaching

1. Conceptions of Teaching

   • Science Research Conceptions
     • Use learning theory or learning research to validate selection of instructional tasks and tend to support the use of specific teaching strategies and techniques
     • Essential skills: Understand the learning principles.
       Develop tasks and activities based on the learning principles.
       Monitor students’ performance on tasks to see that desired performance is being achieved.
   • Theory-Philosophy Conceptions
     • Require teachers first to understand the theory underlying the methodology and then to teach in such a way that the theory is realized in classroom practice.
       • Communicative Language Teaching
       • The Silent Way
     • Essential skills: Understand the theory and the principles.
       Select syllabi, materials, and tasks based on the theory.
       Monitor your teaching to see that it conforms to the theory.
     • Value Based Approaches: Essentially appeal to educational or social value systems in Justifying their proposals.
       • Team teaching/ Humanistic Approaches/ The learner Centered Curriculum/ Movement/ Reflective Teaching
   • Art-Craft Conceptions
     • Seek to develop teaching as a unique set of personal skills wich teachers apply in different ways according to the demands of specific situations
       • Essential skills: Treat each teaching situation as unique.
         Identify the particular characteristics of each situation.
         Try out different teaching strategies.
         Develop personal approaches to teaching.
   • Represent different points of view about what teaching is