{"id":12380,"date":"2016-07-06T00:35:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T04:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/?p=12380"},"modified":"2024-03-06T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:59:00","slug":"tesol-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/tesol-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Key TESOL Approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. -->\n\n<p><strong>Communicative Approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: Instead of simply practicing asking for directions, students might plan a scavenger hunt in teams, using English to negotiate routes, describe landmarks, and give each other instructions. This adds an element of fun and authentic collaboration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emphasize: CLT isn&#8217;t just about activities, but also an underlying shift in the teacher&#8217;s role from the &#8220;knowledge giver&#8221; to a facilitator of communication and learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: Students research, debate, and create a persuasive campaign about reducing food waste. This task requires reading, listening, writing, and presenting in English, all within a real-world purpose and a potential for impact.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nuance: TBLT works best when the tasks carefully align with learners&#8217; current language proficiency level to be both challenging and achievable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Content-Based Instruction (CBI):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: Students learning about the solar system aren&#8217;t just memorizing vocabulary, but writing a science fiction story as if they were on a mission to Mars. This engages multiple skills and knowledge domains.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highlight: CBI&#8217;s effectiveness depends on selecting content that&#8217;s genuinely interesting to students and tailoring it to their language level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Total Physical Response (TPR):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: Use games like &#8220;Simon Says&#8221; with action words, or teach prepositions (&#8220;put the book under the chair&#8221;) through movement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advantage: TPR is excellent for reducing anxiety, especially in beginners, as it lets them participate actively before feeling the pressure to speak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lexical Approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: Don&#8217;t just teach the word &#8220;heavy&#8221; \u2013 introduce common collocations like &#8220;heavy rain,&#8221; &#8220;a heavy bag,&#8221; &#8220;a heavy heart.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benefit: This primes students to understand and produce natural-sounding English beyond memorizing isolated vocabulary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These approaches are often blended in practice! A lesson may start with TPR to solidify new vocabulary, move into a CBI-style reading, and culminate in a communicative task for real-world application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider student age: TPR works well with young children, while teens might get more out of TBLT projects, giving them a sense of agency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communicative Approach: Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT): Content-Based Instruction (CBI): Total Physical Response (TPR): Lexical Approach: Additional Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1943],"tags":[2552,46],"class_list":["post-12380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teach-english-with-technology","tag-approches","tag-tesol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12380"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17280,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12380\/revisions\/17280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}