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Fernando Guarany
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WHY PPP?
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WHY TBL?
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WHY DOGME?
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:: PPP ::
HOW MUCH DO YOU ALREADY
KNOW ABOUT IT?
Weaknesses
It is repetitive (therefore tedious);
Students generally fail to use TL beyond the classroom;
Teacher-centred;
Too much time spent on presentation;
PPP misleads teachers about what makes a good lesson.
TBLT::
Strengths
Focus on communication;
Emulates how L2 is used beyond the classroom;
Provides a framework (or template) for application;
High motivation from task achievement and interaction;
Learner-centred (but . . .)
Weaknesses
Insufficient focus on form leads to inaccuracy;
Poor language produced to complete tasks (Comm. Strat);
Not easily applied at lower levels;
Challenging to teachers with lower level of linguistic
communicative competence;
:: DOGME ::
LEARN THE LANGUAGE BY USING IT.
A Dogma for EFL (Thornbury, 2000)
:: DOGME ::
THE FLAVOUR OF DOGME
:: DOGME ::
THE FLAVOUR OF DOGME
:: DOGME ::
THE THREE PILLARS OF DOGME
:: DOGME ::
Strengths
Highly reactive teaching (at the point of need);
High approximation to how L2 is used beyond the classroom;
Learner-centred;
Highly engaging;
High motivation from interaction, communication and
conversation;
Critiscim
Nothing but inconsequential chat;
Anti-technology;
Anti-coursebooks;
Hard to use at lower levels (and by newly-qualified teachers);
For lazy teachers who wont plan lessons.
:: DOGME ::
Strengths
Highly reactive teaching (at the point of need);
High approximation to how L2 is used beyond the classroom;
Learner-centred;
Highly engaging;
High motivation from interaction, communication and
conversation;
Weaknesses
Nothing but inconsequential chat;
Anti-technology;
Anti-coursebooks;
Hard to use at lower levels (and by newly-qualified teachers);
For lazy teachers who wont plan lessons.
:: CONSIDERATIONS::
Baby and bathwater syndrome (Penny Ur ABCI, 2012)
. . . sense of plausibility . . . (Prabhu, 1990)
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