Structural View (2)
Areas of research drawn on
Here are some of the areas anguage:
• Linguistic analysis • Textual discourse analysis • Target of language learning • The target of language learning, in the
e. Expressing thanks f. Asking the way g. Dating… 2. What is function? 3. What is the notion? Examples of notions: a. Notions of time b. Certainty and possibility c. Roles ,instruments and Special relationships
knowwhat/how/when/
Structural View (1)
The structural view of lg: • Grammatical units
1) Phonology (语音学)
(phrases, clauses,
2) Morphology (形态学/词法)
sentences)
3) Syntax (句法学)
• Grammatical operations (adding,
Language and Language Learning
1. People started learning a foreign language at different ages.
2. Different people have different experiences in learning a foreign language.
Functional View
Interactional View
Interactional view:
Communicative contexts
Communicative tool
Summary:
Establish social relations Structural view:
Maintain social relations Structural rules and voc.
Learners’ tasks:
Functional view:
a. Grammar
To use the rules and voc.
b. Vocabulary
Interactional view:
c. Rules for using them Appropriancy :To
In a whole range of
• The Audio-lingual method • Total Physical Response • The Silent Way
Structural View (4)
Functional View
Johnson & Morrow(1981): 1. Syllabus based on Communicative functions 2. Functional view a. Lg: linguistic system b. Means for doing things 3. Functional activities a. Offering b. Suggesting c. Advising d. Apologizing
3. Different people have different reasons in learning a foreign language.
4. People learn a foreign lg in different lgs. 5. Different people have different capabilities 6. The way you learn is the way you teach.
By Ma Bingjun
Foreign Languages School of
Fuyang Teachers College
English Teaching Theory and Practice
Unit 1 Language and Language Learning
1. When did you start learning the foreign language (s)? 2. How do you feel about learning a language? 3. Why do you learn a foreign language? 4. In what way are you learning a foreign language? Do you think you’re efficient/successful learner? 5. Do you like the way you learnt the foreign lg? 6. How do you think you’ll teach in the future?
( phrases, clauses, sentences ) shifting, joining or
• Phonological units
transforming
(phonemes)
elements)
• Lexical items (function words and structure words)
structural view, is the mastery of elements of this system.
Structural View (3)
Methods based on this view Some of the language learning methods based on this view of language are: