Learning Philosophy
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LEARNING A LANGUAGE TAKES THREE BASIC STEPS: A language should be acquired throughout its structure (grammar). Pupils have to get to know how the language is structured (how it works).STRUCTURE Affirmative statements: I am very happy today. Negative statements: I am not very happy today.
Are you happy or angry?/ What’s your phone number? Specific answers: Happy.(013)5-55-22-22.
YES/NO Questions (affirmative/negative): Are you happy today?/ Aren’t you happy today? Short answers (affirmative/negative): Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. Questions with OR: Are you happyor angry? Information questions: What is your occupation?
Pupils have to get to know about the meaning BEHIND the TENSE SYSTEM expressed in every speech act/event. MEANING
SIMPLE PRESENTTENSE;
I am not very happy today. (Something is bothering me now/ I am usually happy). I am very happy today. ( Something happened recently that made me happy).
I am an architect. (I wasan architect last year. I’m an architect now, and I will be an architect until I retire) SIMPLE PAST TENSE;
I was not very happy yesterday. (Something may have bothered me yesterday). I wasvery happy yesterday. (Something happened yesterday that made me happy). I was an architect. (I’m retired/ I´m not an architect any more). Pupils have to get to know about the usage of thelanguage within its context during a act/speech event. FUNCTION “Say what you mean, and mean what you say” An angry mother: How many times do I have to ask you to turn off your radio?!!! Anaughty daughter: 6 times. The angry mother: #!%$/? ... (the angry mother slaps her daughter).
José Luis Muñoz Bibliografía
Celce-Murcia , M., & Larsen-Freeman, D. (1983). En THE GRAMMAR BOOKAn ESL/EFLTeacher's course. Newbury House Pub. Hall, N. S. (1991). En The Anti-Grammar Grammar Book: A Teacher's Resource Book of Discovery Activities for Grammar Teaching. Longman.
Are you happy or angry?/ What’s your phone number? Specific answers: Happy.(013)5-55-22-22.
YES/NO Questions (affirmative/negative): Are you happy today?/ Aren’t you happy today? Short answers (affirmative/negative): Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. Questions with OR: Are you happyor angry? Information questions: What is your occupation?
Pupils have to get to know about the meaning BEHIND the TENSE SYSTEM expressed in every speech act/event. MEANING
SIMPLE PRESENTTENSE;
I am not very happy today. (Something is bothering me now/ I am usually happy). I am very happy today. ( Something happened recently that made me happy).
I am an architect. (I wasan architect last year. I’m an architect now, and I will be an architect until I retire) SIMPLE PAST TENSE;
I was not very happy yesterday. (Something may have bothered me yesterday). I wasvery happy yesterday. (Something happened yesterday that made me happy). I was an architect. (I’m retired/ I´m not an architect any more). Pupils have to get to know about the usage of thelanguage within its context during a act/speech event. FUNCTION “Say what you mean, and mean what you say” An angry mother: How many times do I have to ask you to turn off your radio?!!! Anaughty daughter: 6 times. The angry mother: #!%$/? ... (the angry mother slaps her daughter).
José Luis Muñoz Bibliografía
Celce-Murcia , M., & Larsen-Freeman, D. (1983). En THE GRAMMAR BOOKAn ESL/EFLTeacher's course. Newbury House Pub. Hall, N. S. (1991). En The Anti-Grammar Grammar Book: A Teacher's Resource Book of Discovery Activities for Grammar Teaching. Longman.
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