French as a Second Language Teaching: Identifying Methods that Improve Adult Learners’ Competencies
Using Communicative Grammar Methods to Improve Adult Learners’ Competencies
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Using Communicative Grammar Methods to Improve Adult Learners’ Competencies Traditionally, linguistic competence was considered the most desirable achievement in language learning. The end goal mainly entailed the learners' ability to read and write correctly in the target language. However, this method has recently shown to be inherently limited as the attainment of linguistic competence does not automatically ensure that the learner can communicate effectively in the target language. As a result, contemporary scholars contend that the acquisition of both grammatical and communicative competencies should be the language teaching goal (Arbona & Chireac, 2014). As such, this study aimed at identifying innovative 69 methods to teach grammar in a way that moves beyond the simple end goal of reading and writing correctly. Before proceeding to outline and further discuss the actual methods identified, it is vital to reveal that these methods are all designed to enable teachers to provide adult learners with the opportunities to access communication skills in contexts that are as real as possible. These methods include dialogues, grammatical presentation, and observational activities. Using Dialogues to Teach Grammatical Concepts Dialogues borrowed in the daily life of L2 learners should be referred to as the first method identified to improve their competencies in both grammar and communication. This linguistic aspect would entail addressing the grammatical concepts in these dialogues, while the communicative aspect would involve activities developed using these concepts to create various real-life situations. In this case, the teacher would request the adult learners to present all activities they would like to develop. Their input would, in turn, be used to put them in various contexts for dialogues. Even though these dialogues might be limited by grammar, they would effectively bring the adult learners to connect to real-life French communities. This is because in using dialogues to teach grammatical concepts, the learning process should emphasize meaningful communication rather than grammatical accuracy (Mart, 2019). The use of dialogues should thus be used to develop the learners' communicative competence in FSL. The activities designed using these methods should focus on fostering communication between L2 students from different cultures. The use of dialogues in teaching becomes effective when the teacher takes the central role in facilitating student-centered learning. Even though adults are perceived as self-directed learners, classroom activities based on dialogues would only suffice in equipping them with 70 grammatical competence without the teacher's input. The teacher should therefore focus on implementing these activities as class-wide interventions to create a positive learning environment. Multiple scholars have recommended this approach as it enables teachers to minimize behavioral problems by positively and preventively fostering and strengthening the learners' social and behavioral competence (Conroy et al., 2008). Class-wide interventions enable teachers to establish positive relationships with their students as these kinds of interventions encourage positive behaviors. The innovative use of dialogues as a teaching method enables adult learners to learn both grammar and appropriate behaviors. This, in turn, improves their competencies in all four areas of communication. Download 0.77 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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