Silent Way Presentation (ppt) e6p3k

SILENT WAY • NUR HASANAH • R.AYU SOFIA HIDAYATI

BACKGROUND The Silent Way it is based on premise that the teacher should be silent as much as possible in classroom and the learner should be encouraged to produce as much language as possible (Jack C. Richard &

APPROACH LANGUAGE THEORY Silent Way takes a structural approach to the organization of language to be taught. Language is seen as groups of sounds arbitrarily associated with specific meanings and organized into sentence of meaningful units by grammar rules. Vocabulary as a central dimension of language learning and the choice of vocabulary as crucial.

LEARNING THEORY  Learning is regarded as a “problem-solving, creative, discovering activity”(Richards & Rodgers 2001: 81), in which the learner rather acts and participates actively than just being ive.

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The work requires language learners to relate the linguistic signs to the truth that they have perceive with their sense. (Stevick, 1980 : 47) Language is not learned by repeating after model. Learners need to develop their own inner criteria for correctness. (Larsen–Freeman, 1986 : 58) Meaning is made clear by focusing learner’s perception, not through translation (Larsen-Freeman, 1986 : 59) Reading is worked on from the beginning but follow from what language learners already know (Larsen-Freeman, 1986 : 59 and 2000)

OBJECTIVES • General objective is to give beginning level students oral and aural facility in basic elements of the target language. • Near-native fluency in the target language and correct pronunciation. • An immediate objective is to provide the learners with a basic practical knowledge of the grammar of the language.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITY • Teaching pronunciation with "sound colour charts“ • Cognitive coding with colour rods • Peer correction to improve co-operative manner • Self correction gestures • Teacher's Silence • Structured • Fidel Charts: Used to teach sound spelling association • Word Charts: Used to teach and recycle vocabulary. The words are written in different colours so that students can learn basic pronunciation patterns

TEACHER’S ROLES • Silently monitors learner’s interaction with each other. • Responsible for creating an environment that encourages student risk taking and that facilitates learning. • Neutral observer. • Gives just as much help as is necessary and then just silent.

LEARNER’S ROLES • Choose proper expression in a given set of circumstance and situation. • Must independent and use what they already know. • Learners are expected to interact with each other and suggest alternative to each other, they must learn to work cooperatively.

ADVANTAGES • Learners interact not only with teachers, but also with each other. • Learners correct the errors themselves and teacher view these errors as the responses to the teaching and give learners some hints and help. • Teacher speak so little, they are free to observe their students carefully and be available to them.

DISSADVANTAGES • With minimum help on the part of the teacher, the Silent Way method may put the learning itself at stake. • Silent Way is extremely different from more commonly used methods of language learning. • The material ( the rods and the charts)  used in this method will certainly fail to introduce all aspects of language. Other materials will have to be introduced. • Students may be confused with the symbols of the colored wooden rods.