TESOL Methodology and Language Acquisition Class Overview
In presenting each method, Dr. Cotton will briefly consider the rationale behind the method, and the regions of the brain activated by each method. Participants will then divide into groups of eight to practice the method being considered.
We cannot say the exact order due to different schedules in different locations. However, below is a brief description of some of the methods that will be taught:
1. Memory maintenance using:
- Graduated Interval Recall
- Backwards Buildup Drill
- Stories, drills, and questions
- Cassette tapes
2. The Communicative Approach using:
- Visual Eye Contact
- Biographical Questions
- Biographical Database
- Mandelbrot's Chaos Theory based on Fractal Geometry
- Language students are assigned to think of four-step instructions, and then the class discusses the differences in instructions given by selected students.
4. Tell the Story
5. The Never Ending Story
6. Educational Kiniesiology
- Uses thematic vocabulary
- Accelerates blood flow to the brain
- Activates the brain’s vigilance circuit
7. Speed
- Is it better to cover a lesson slowly one time, or quickly several times?
8. Audio Lingual Method
- ALM as improved by Professor John Rassias of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and USA.
9. Advanced Audio Lingual Method
- As developed by Diana Larson Freeman of Oxford University, UK.
10. Sounds and Spellings
- How to teach more effectively the 40 phonemes of the English language.
11. Community Language Learning
- Draw on the combined knowledge of your students to produce new vocabulary and correct grammar patterns.
12. Humor
- The value and practical usage of humor in second language acquisition.
13. Use of Video
- How to use BBC or other videos for language models, information gap activities, prediction, and role-play.
14. Word Frequency Approach
- What are the 10 words that make up 33% of all English usage?
- What are the 800 words needed for basic fluency?
- Learn useful activities to target these high-frequency words
15. Creative Genius
- Accelerate second language acquisition through activities which stimulate the creative powers of your students
16. Total Physical Response
As pioneered by Dr. James Asher, University of Vermont, USA.
17. Musical Dictation
- Activities which capitalize on the memory enhancing quality of music
18. Paraphrasing
- Creative musical activities to build vocabulary and reinforce grammar
19. Reverse Paraphrasing
- Further music related activities to build vocabulary and reinforce grammar.
20. Drama
- How can dramatic gestures and stentorian tones aid memory retention?
21. Content Based Instruction
- Applying to language learning the principles developed by the Dr. Glen Doman of the College for the Advancement of the Human Potential, Philadelphia, and USA.
22. Educational Kiniesiology II
- More activities to accelerate language learning by activating the vigilance circuit of the brain
23. Retinatopic Imaging
- Making use of videos in visual lingual activities. Featured videos include Mr. Bean, and Gilligan’s Island.
24. Royal Society of Arts British Method
25. Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Which tools and computer programs most effectively enhance language learning
