A framework for teaching English to Young Learner Chapter 15 - Marion Williams (1997)

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TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN: edited by Brumfit, Moon and Tongue, Longman (1997).

Chapter 15: A framework for teaching English to Young Learner by Marion Williams, University of Exeter, England.

READ THE CHAPTER AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS EXTENSIVELY:

1. What is the role of hypothesis forming and testing and “creative construction”? Mention author supporting these theories.
2. What do the views about the “natural order” of learning state?
3. Discuss the quotation by Sharwood Smith.
4. What different approaches are there about the teaching of grammar?
5. How does the author solve the problem about how to sequence the grammar?
6. What are the premises that have supported primary school practice in the last years?
7. What is said about attitudes and motivation?
8. Explain Fig. 1, chart on page 207.
9. Discuss which of the activities on page 209 can be done in our Argentinian classrooms.
10. Discuss the principles of lesson planning presented.