Common Assumption
Common Assumption
Common Assumption
Lesson 1
Common assumptions of
language learning and teaching
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Against:
Against:
+ Students will lose motivation as they are not challenged. They can
comprehend the general meaning of many forms which they may not
have mastered.
+ Students need to deal with authentic materials under Ts guidance.
+ Learners exposed to English outside the class are experiencing a variety
of forms and structures.
Against:
Research shows that learners do not make any more mistakes while
working with peers of similar levels than with advanced speakers.
They can provide each other corrective feedback if the task is carefully
planned and learners access to the correct language forms.
Against:
Conclusion
For:
For:
+ common sense : Children speak their first language long before they
write it;
+ linguistics:
Aristotle: 'Sounds produced by the voice are symbols of affections
of the soul, and writing is a symbol of vocal sounds.'
John Lyons ' the spoken language is primary and writing is
essentially a means of representing speech in another medium'
(Lyons, 1968, 38)
For: