Articulating Beliefs

1. Articulating Beliefs

2. Beliefs
 The way you perceive on something, here is, language teaching and learning.
 What is it likely to be?
 Why is it likely to be?

3. Framework for Articulating Beliefs
 Beliefs about Language
 Beliefs about the social context of language
 Beliefs about learning and learners
 Beliefs about teaching

4. Beliefs about Language
 Pronunciation, grammar, lexis, discourse (Bailey 1998)
 Form, meaning, and use (Larsen-Freeman 1990)
 Communicative competence (Canale and Swain 1980; Omaggio Hadley 1993)
Your view of language will translate into beliefs about how the language should be
learned

5. Beliefs about the Social Context of Language
 Sociolinguistic issues (Bridging language and social context)
 Socio cultural issues (concerning with thee language and culture: social values e,g.
gender differences, attitudes e,g. roles of men and women, norms e,g. ways of
greeting, eating, etc).
 Sociopolitical (concerning on a given language or social group is viewed by
others)

6. Beliefs about Learning and Learners
How people learn and the roles that enable them to learn.
 Learning as process of problem solving and discovery by learners (learner is
viewed as a maker of knowledge).
 Learning of applying received knowledge (learner is viewed as an internalizer of
knowledge).
 Learning as a cognitive process (involving mental activity, an affective process,
involving emotional connection and risk taking)
 Learning as a social process (involving different intelligences such as visuals,
kinesthetic, auditory, etc.)

7. Beliefs about Teaching
 Teaching is knowledge transmission, management of learning, providing of
learning structures, a collaborative process.
 The teacher is a decision maker, knowledge transmitter, provider of learning
structures, collaborator, resource.

8. Reference
 Graves, Kathleen. 2000. Designing Language Courses: A Guide for Teachers.