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Books and Articles by Stephen D Krashen. Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling. Proponents of TPR Storytelling, basing their argument on the second language acquisition theories of Stephen Krashen, hold that the best way to help students develop both fluency and accuracy in a language is to expose them to large amounts of comprehensible input.[1] The steps and techniques in TPR Storytelling help teachers to provide this input by making the language spoken in class both comprehensible and engaging. In addition, TPR Storytelling uses many concepts from mastery learning. Each lesson is focused on just three vocabulary phrases or fewer, enabling teachers to concentrate on teaching each phrase thoroughly. Teachers also make sure that the students internalize each phrase before moving on to new material, giving additional story lessons with the same vocabulary when necessary.

TPR Storytelling is unusual in that it is a grassroots movement among language teachers. History[edit] Method[edit] Step one: establish meaning[edit] Step two: spoken class story[edit] Techniques[edit] Susan Gross. TPRS Publishing Inc. - About TPRS. S&K's Language Teaching Method. Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition (Assimilação Natural - o Construtivismo no Ensino de Línguas) A hipótese acquisition-learning, a hipótese monitor e a hipótese input representam a essência da teoria de Krashen. De acordo com sua teoria, acquisition é responsável pelo entendimento e pela capacidade de comunicação criativa: habilidades desenvolvidas subconscientemente.

Isto ocorre através da familiarização com a característica fonética da língua, sua estruturação de frases, seu vocabulário, tudo decorrente de situações reais, bem como pela descoberta e assimilação de diferenças culturais e pela aceitação e adaptação à nova cultura. Learning depende de esforço intelectual e procura produzir conhecimento consciente a respeito da estrutura da língua e de suas irregularidades, e preconiza a memorização de vocabulário fora de situações reais. Este conhecimento atua na função de monitoramento da fala. Entretanto, o efeito deste monitoramento sobre a performance da pessoa, depende muito do perfil psicológico de cada um. Veja aqui mais sobre os conceitos de acquisition e learning.

Abroad Languages Blog » Blog Archive » How to Learn Languages like Children. There are so many ways to learn languages and yet a lot of people seem to be confused in pinpointing which method is definitely the best. Of the numerous methods of language learning known to man, there are some which are effective for some yet not effective for others. Studies have shown that children learn languages faster and more effectively than adults yet there are other studies that show that it is not the age difference but the method which makes children effective language learners. Children who are exposed to a new language in a new environment tend to learn the language while adults have a hard time doing so. Children tend to learn languages by just listening, without making an effort to talk. The Listening Approach, which is known in more recent years as Automatic Language Growth, is the method which states that any attempt to speak or even think of the language to be learned before automatic speaking comes, will cause damage and limit final results.

Offshore Living News Offshorewave » Listening To Thai In Bangkok - Automatic Language Growth, A New Approach To Absorbing A Hard Language - by Antonio Graceffo. Abroad Languages Blog » Blog Archive » What Is Automatic Language Growth? We have already introduced Automatic Language Growth or ALG in our article How to Learn Languages Like Children and we believe, through the reactions and comments we have received from the public that we have only skimmed the surface about the program. What is ALG? ALG or Automatic Language Growth was developed by Dr. J, Marvin Brown, an American linguist who based his theory on a much earlier theory called the Silent Way which was later called the Natural Way.

The common ground between Dr. Brown’s theory and the older theory is that they are based in listening and that they started by observing the way children learn a language. Dr. There are three myths that ALG wants to dispute: 1, adults can’t learn languages like children do; 2, practice makes perfect; and 3, languages must be studied. Adults can’t learn languages like children do. The automatic language growth method was developed around the 80′s, and it has gone through a lot of modifications and improvements up until now. Sources: