What is linguo-cultural teaching and learning? Linguo-cultural teaching and learning

Main peculiarities of Silent Way method and its use in FLT

Basic Principles of the Silent Way : Teaching should be subordinated to learning Teaching should be subordinated to learning Learning is a process which we initiate by ourselves by mobilizing our inner resources (our perception, awareness, cognition, imagination, intuition, creativity, etc.) Learning is a process which we initiate by ourselves by mobilizing our inner resources (our perception, awareness, cognition, imagination, intuition, creativity, etc.) Creating new utterances Creating new utterances *Larsen-Freeman, Diane. Tecniques and Principles in Language Teaching.London : Oxford University Press,1992.Principles : The teacher should start with something the students already know and build from that to the unknown. The teacher should start with something the students already know and build from that to the unknown. Language learners are intelligent and bring with them the experience of already learning a language. The teacher should give only what help is necessary. Language learners are intelligent and bring with them the experience of already learning a language. The teacher should give only what help is necessary.
S-T S-S Teacher is silent, but active. Teacher is silent, but active. She forces awareness She forces awareness She listens attentively to students’ speech She listens attentively to students’ speech She use nonverbal gestures and the tools. She use nonverbal gestures and the tools. She gives clues. She gives clues. Student-student verbal interaction. Student-student verbal interaction. Encourage Encourage Teacher is silent. Teacher is silent. *