Page 5 - Teaching English at Primary Level: From Theory into the Classroom

Contents

List of Figures · 7
List of Tables · 9
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms · 10
Introduction · 11

Key Principles and Approaches

1 Key Principles · 17
Learning and Acquisition · 17
The Identity Hypothesis · 18
L1 and L2 Acquisition · 19
The Behaviourist Perspective · 19
The Innatist Perspective · 24
The Cognitivist Perspective · 25
The Constructivist Perspective · 26
YLs Attitudes and Motivation to Learn an FL · 30
2 Approaches to Language Teaching · 33
Grammar-Translation Method · 36
The Audiolingual Method · 39
The Communicative Approach · 42
Total Physical Response · 48
Multiple Intelligences · 50
Story-Based Approach · 52
Task-Based Learning · 54
3 Content and Language Integrated Learning · 57
The Elements of CLIL · 58
Teachers and YLs in CLIL Classes · 62
CLIL Lesson Planning · 65
Challenges of CLIL · 67

Skills and Competences
4 Listening and Speaking · 73
Developing Listening · 74
Developing Speaking · 79
5 Developing Literacy · 87
What Is Literacy and Why Is It Important? · 87
Relationship between L1 and FL Literacy · 88
Literacy Approaches · 89

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