The ministry of higher and secondary specialised education of uzbekistan the uzbek state world languages university the english teaching methodology department

Question: What do you think what aim of teaching is?


Practical aim
The main task of this aim is to teach language as a means of communication in order to understand thoughts of other people and to express own thoughts in oral and written form. Practical acquisition of foreign language means acquiring some or all types of speech.
Upbringing aim
The main task of this aim is to develop patriotic attitude to the values of native culture, tolerance to the foreign culture and humanistic outlook to the worldwide changes through the learning and teaching foreign language.
Educational aim
The main task of this aim is to develop leaner’s language skills, to wide their outlook by studying foreign and native culture features.
Content of teaching foreign language
Everything that is aimed at teaching learners is traditionally understood as content of teaching.
Content of teaching includes following components – language materials (phonetics, grammar, vocabulary), knowledge and skills, topics, texts, language notions that native language doesn’t have (article), skills to use dictionaries and literature, ICT, etc.
Content of teaching is never fixed and it changes due to the aims and time.
Nowadays selection of the Content of teaching is based on 2 basic principles:
1. Principle of necessity and sufficiency of the content.
2. Principle of ability and accessibility of the content.
First principle means that the content of teaching must cover those language means, texts and etc. which are not only necessary for achieving aims but sufficient for realizing those aims of teaching.
Second principle supposes real abilities of learners for acquisition of the selected materials.


Teaching principles
Teaching principles are tried as important part of methodology.The term “principle” means starting position for teaching and upbringing learners.
Teaching process in educational establishments is realized on the basis of didactic principles. These principles are aimed at achieving effective education, acquiring basis of knowledge and developing skills to apply obtained knowledge in real life.
The most recognized principles are:

1. Visual principle.

   
   

2. Scientific principle.

   
   

3. Systematic principle.

   
   

4. Principle of accessibility.

   
   

5. Principle of considering learner’s individual abilities.

   
   

6. Cognitive principle.

   
   

Teaching foreign language Methodology based on general didactic principles has created methodical principles:

1. Communicative (speech) approach to teaching foreign language.

   
   

2. Consideration of native language peculiarities.

   
   

3. Prevailing role of exercises on the all stages and in all spheres of foreign language acquisition.