The Educational Approach to Language Teaching

Mikołaj Rychło

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2008

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Rychło, Mikołaj. The Educational Approach to Language Teaching. Red. . Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2008, 122 s. ISBN 978-83-01-15478-3

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Acknowledgements8
Introduction10
Chapter 1. General education in foreign language teaching15
1.1. Features of the educational approach15
1.2. The educational approach and aim-centred methodology17
1.3. The educational approach versus the Common European Framework18
1.4. The educational approach versus task-based language teaching22
Chapter 2. The content of texts as a potential for general education and cognitive motivation24
2.1. Introduction24
2.2. Educational versus uneducational texts25
2.3. Four factors of educational texts27
2.4. The topic content and motivation29
Chapter 3. Grammar in the educational approach33
3.1. Introduction33
3.2. Grammar as a vehicle for general education35
3.3. Langacker´s conception of grammar as an image and an attempt at applying it in language education38
3.4. The importance of grammatical constituency41
3.5. Conclusion46
Chapter 4. Popper´s world 3 and the higher functions of language47
4.1. World 3 and the creative aspect of the human mind47
4.2. The higher functions of language49
4.3. The borderline between the descriptive and argumentative functions of language52
4.4. The argumentative language and the content of arguments54
4.5. Practical application of the theory56
4.6. Conclusion62
Chapter 5. Authenticity in language use63
5.1. Introduction63
5.2. Authentic language use versus authentic materials64
5.3. Authentic language use versus the information gap67
5.4. Language which is bound to result in simulations and language which holds promise for students´ authentic language use in classroom conditions68
5.5. The potential of general education for achieving authentic language use (cognitive appeal)69
Chapter 6. Learning71
6.1. Introduction71
6.2. Learning variables71
6.3. Meaningful learning74
Chapter 7. Grammar learning in the educational approach and second language acquisition research79
7.1. Introduction79
7.2. Does instruction make any sense79
7.3. Skill acquisition theory as the basis for grammar learning81
7.4. A critical discussion of a few claims from the fi eld of SLA83
Chapter 8. Teaching88
8.1. Introduction88
8.2. Syllabus88
8.3. Explicit explanation of grammar89
8.4. Text creation90
8.5. Educational texts92
8.6. Advance organisers92
8.7. Reading and listening with cognitive appeal95
8.8. Argumentative writing96
8.9. Discussions96
8.10. Error correction97
Appendix - examples of longer educational texts99
1. Texts in which factual knowledge dominates99
A. A lecture on the History of English99
B. The First Moon Landing100
C. The Man who Pestered Everyone by Asking "Why"101
2. Texts which provoke one to refl ection102
A. How to Grow Old from Portraits from Memory by Bertrand Russell102
B. Plato´s Allegory of the Cave102
C. An extract from One Flew Over the Cuckoo´s Nest105
3. Texts which appeal to emotions108
A. Choose her108
B. Second stoning verdict handed down in Nigeria108
4. Literary texts109
A. The Tyger by William Blake109
B. Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe110
C. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen111
Glossary113
References115
Internet references118
Name index119

Introduction

Theﬁfthproblem,whichispresentinlanguageeducationnowadays,isrootedinthe

beliefthatwhenstudentsmakemistakes,theyshouldnotbecorrectedbecauseﬂuencyisas

importantasaccuracy.Asaresult,theerrorsthatstudentscommitbecomehabits.Theprob-

lemboilsdowntotwopracticalquestions:whetherornottheteachershouldinterruptthe

studentwhiles/heisspeaking,andwhethertheteachershouldcorrectallthemistakesor

perhapsonlysomeofthem.

Finally,thereistheproblemofexcessivepracticewhichovershadowsconsciouslearn-

ing.Itseemsthattoomuchattentionisdevotedeithertolinguisticpracticeorcommunica-

tivepractice.Studentspractisereading,listening,writing,speaking;theydogrammarand

vocabularyexercises;theyalsodopracticetestsforFCE,CAEandtheMaturaexamina-

tion.Toolittleattention,however,isfocusedonexplanation,tryingtounderstand,and

consciouslearning.

Thecommencementoftheeducationalapproachismarkedwiththeobviousobserva-

tionthatteachingaforeignlanguageisinextricablyintertwinedwithworkingwithtexts,

whichnaturallyhavesomecontent.Thesubjectmatterofsuchapassagemayconcern

someanonymousLindaandherinterests,adailyroutineofafamousmodel,petswhichare

keptbytheEnglish,etc.,butthetextmayalsobeaboutsomenewdiscoveriesinphysics,

medicine,psychologyoreconomics.Itmaypresentsomenewphilosophicalideasorprob-

lemswhicharenewforstudents,whichbroadenthehorizonsandleadtoabetterunder-

standingoftheworld.Thelattercaseopensupthepotentialforgeneraleducationinsecond

languageacquisition.Thispotentialisexploitedintheeducationalapproachsoastoover-

comeproblemno.1fromthelistonpage11.

Theproblemoftrivialcontentappliesnotonlytoreceptiveskills.Itissimilarwiththe

productiveskills.Whereasitgoeswithoutsayingthatlearnersneedtospeakandwrite,it

isnotsoobviouswhatthecontentoftheirutterancesshouldbe.Intheeducationalap-

proach,itisrecommendedthatthecontentshouldprimarilyeitherreﬂecttheopinionsand

emotionsofstudentsorelsebeconnectedwithgeneralknowledge.

Aquestionwhichmaycastdoubtontheraisond’êtreoftheeducationalapproachis

whetherthecombinationofgeneraleducationwithforeignlanguageteachingwouldnot

resultinreducingthetimedevotedtolearningthelanguage.Thereareatleastafewargu-

mentswhichprovethataddingtheeducationalperspectivetoalanguagecourseisnot

awasteoftime.Firstly,theeducationalcontentcanbeincludedinlisteningandreading

comprehensiontextsaswellasinthetopicsdiscussedbystudentsinspeakingandwriting.

Thestudentmustdeveloptheabilitiesofsendingandreceivingmessagesanyway.Every

languagecourse,regardlessofthemethodorapproachthatisadopted,aimsatmastering

skillssuchaslistening,reading,speakingandwriting.Sinceastudenthastoexercisethe

skillsanyway,theselectionofeducationalcontentwillnotentailextratime.Secondly,

atextofaneducationalnaturemaysparkstudents’interestswhichotherwisewouldnotbe

aroused.Whilereadingorlisteningtoatextinaforeignlanguage,itispossibletolearn

somethingnewabouttheworldwelivein.

Asolutiontothesecondproblemfromthelistmaybesoughtinshiftingtheattention

fromeverydaycommunicationtogeneraleducation,whichisamuchmorefascinatingand

enduringaimofforeignlanguagelearning.Intheeducationalapproach,thedevelopment

ofgeneralknowledgeiscombinedwiththeconsciousunderstandingofgrammarandthe

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