自然教学法 Natural Approach

1、Chapter 8 The Natural ApproachThe Natural Approach is an approach proposed by Krashen and Terrell to develop teaching principles which emphasize natural communication rather than formal grammar study and are tolerant of learners errors. It pays particular attention to the informal acquisition of lan

2、guage rules. 3) Guidelines （准则）for classroom practice: (1) The goal is communication skills. (2) Comprehension precedes production. (3) Production emerges. (4) Acqusition activities are essential. (5) Lower the effective filter.4) Characteristics of classroom teaching: (1) Class time is devoted prim

3、arily to providing input for acquisition. (2) The teacher speaks only the target language. (3) Students may use either first or second language. (4) Errors should not be corrected in the process of communication. (5) Homework may include grammar work and errors should be corrected. (6) The goals are

4、 to enable students to talk about ideas and to perform tasks.Procedures 1. The teacher shows a set of pictures of, say, food and drink, repeating the word that goes with each one; the students simply watch and listen. 2. The pictures are displayed around the room, and the students are asked to point

5、 at the appropriate picture when the teacher names it.3. The students listen to a tape of a person (or the teacher) describing what they habitually eat at different meals; the students tick the items they hear on a worksheet.4. The students are then given a gapped transcript of the previous listening activity, and they fill in the gaps from memory, before listening again to check.5. The students, in pairs, take turns to read aloud the transcript to one another.6. The students, still in their pairs, tell each other what they typically eat, using the transcript as a