GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
TEACHING METHODS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Silent Way
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Desuggestopedia
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The Grammar-Translation Method
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Summary. The Silent Way is the name of a method of language teaching devised by Caleb Gattegno. It is based on the premise that the teacher should be silent as much as possible in the classroom but the learner should be encouraged to produce as much language as possible.
Detailed explanation-2: -The role of the teacher is that of technician or engineer. The teacher’s task is to focus the students’ attention, and provide exercises to help them develop language facility; however, to ensure their self-reliance, the teacher should only help the students as much as is strictly necessary.
Detailed explanation-3: -The teacher uses silence for multiple purposes in the Silent Way. It is used to focus students’ attention, to elicit student responses, and to encourage them to correct their own errors.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Silent Way student is expected to become “independent, autonomous and responsible” (Gattegno 1976)-in other words, a good problem solver in language. Gattegno takes an openly sceptical view of the role of linguistic theory in language teaching methodology.