CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -S.O.S (The Structural-Oral-Situational approach) It is a communication of certain aspect of the Direct Method, oral and Audio Lingualism. The basic importance features of this approach are: Learning a language is not only learning its words but also the syntax.

Detailed explanation-2: -SOS is a multi-sensory learning method. When the child uses the SOS method, he/she is using all sensory channels to learn how to spell new words. He/she is using visual, auditory and motor/movement channels to take in the spelling pattern of the new target word.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Oral Approach relies on the use of situations to teach language. A situation is the use of such as pictures, objects, and or realia, to teach. Students are expected to listen and repeat what the instructor says. This means that students have little control over content.

Detailed explanation-4: -The structural approach is based on the assumption that language teaching can best be done through systematic selection and grading of structures or sentence patterns. It was widely implemented in the United States in the 1950s. The basic principle underlying the approach is: Language is speech, not writing.