Slides from he NATECLA talk given on 6-7-13 at Sheffield Uni. For a free voiced over presentation, visit http://elttraining.mdl2.com/mod/page/view.php?id=186
11. Proponents of task-based
teaching all argue for a
place for pre-planned
grammar instruction in a
TBI framework.
Skehan, 2003; Willis & Willis, 2007; Ellis,
2006
12. In a skills approach conscious
knowledge is seen to serve as
a ‘crutch’ until language use
becomes proceduralised
(usable without conscious
effort).
Johnson, 1996, DeKeyser, 1998
20. Creative Automaticity
Gatbonton, E. and Segalowitz, N. (1988) ‘Creative automatization: Principles for
promoting fluency within a communicative framework’, TESOL Quarterly, 22, 3.
‘The techniques for this approach are designed to
provide students with ample opportunities for
repetition and practice within a wholly communicative
context, without the shortcomings usually characteristic
of pattern drills or other more traditional methods’
http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/?s=A+is+for
21. What isn’t so helpful...
• Teacher: I found the book.
• Students: I found the book.
• Teacher: Pen.
• Students: I found the pen.
• Teacher: Bought.
• Students: I bought the pen.
22. Example of a mindless gap fill..
Use the present perfect to complete these sentences:
1. I _______ ________ (see) the Eiffel Tower.
2. She ________ _________ (eat) snake.
3. They ________ __________ (swim) in the sea.
4. We ________ _________ (fill) in too many of these gap-fill
exercises………
23. Activities that promote creative
automaticity should be …
• genuinely communicative
• focused
• formulaic
• inherently repetitive
24. Some common examples…
• A class photo…
• Find someone who…
• What’s my line?
• What kind of animal am I? (“Do you have four legs?
Can you fly? Do you lay eggs?” etc).
27. When I am old…
When I’m an old woman, I will wear purple
And a red hat that doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me
And I will spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
and candles, and say we have no money for butter.
I will sit down on the pavement when I am tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I will go out in slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people’s gardens
And learn to spit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr1RU4SM2L8
29. When I am old, I won’t be quiet and I’ll bother
my neighbours. I might have a toy-boy.
30. When we are old we will definitely do many
crazy and dangerous things,
We will wear full make up from morning and we
will spend our money for a face lift.
31. When I am old, I’ll be a honarable person.
I’ll definitely lede the people and I’ll be self-
confident.
34. Present Perfect for experience
I’ve never been to India,
I’ve never been to France
I’ve never eaten frog’s legs
And I’ve never learnt to dance.
I’ve always lived in Birmingham
I’ve never been abroad
I’ve always lived at home
I’m getting rather bored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbqXAwpAtLY
35. Present Perfect for experience
I’ve never been to India,
I’ve never been to France
I’ve never eaten frog’s legs
And I’ve never learnt to dance.
I’ve always lived in Birmingham
I’ve never been abroad
I’ve always lived at home
I’m getting rather bored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbqXAwpAtLY
36. Present Perfect for experience
I’ve never been to India,
I’ve never been to France
I’ve never eaten frog’s legs
And I’ve never learnt to dance.
I’ve always lived in Birmingham
I’ve never been abroad
I’ve always lived at home
I’m getting rather bored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbqXAwpAtLY
37. I've never been in Ireland.
But I've been in love with Irish man.
He had a huge talant to gain women's favor, but he was so mean.
He inculcated in me a taste for art and love for adventure.
Our love story was bright and unforgettable, but it finished with
a phrase "I'm sorry".
At parting he gave me a kiss with an fragrant of Irish legend.
I've never been in Italy.
But I've been in love with Italian.
He's been very clever, he's known many languages, but he's been
so nervous and so fault-finding person.
Well, we let as part friends.
He gave me gave me as a keepsake the 33 recipes for Italian
pasta and one recipe for happiness.
The overwhelming evidence from the Norris and Ortega (2000) isthat explicit grammar teaching is better than no explicit grammar teaching,and that the effects of explicit grammar teaching are durable.
Gass and Selinker (2008) review the literature and also conclude that after earlychildhood, learning complex forms requires not only processing meaningfulinput but also explicit focus on grammar.
Spada and Tomita (2010), conducted a later meta-analysis and concluded thatexplicit form-focused instruction leads to better learning of both simple andcomplex features than implicit instruction, and that this advantage is longterm