the natural approach

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1、thenaturalapproachBackgroundTheoreticalbasisBasicprinciplecommentThenaturalapproachThenaturalapproachemphasizenaturalcommunicationratherthanformalgrammarstudyandaretolerantoflearners’errors.Itislanguageacquisitionwhichisconsideredasubconsciousprocess,dependentontwofact

2、ors:theamountofcomprehensibleinputthestudentsget,andthestrengthoftheiraffectivefilters,thatis,theamountofinputthestudents“allowin.”BackgroundTheNaturalApproachwasproposedin1977byTracyTerrell,ateacherofSpanishattheUniversityofCalifornia.Thisnewphilosophyoflanguageteachi

3、ngwasanattempttodevelopalanguageteachingproposalthatincorporatedthe“naturalistic”principlesinthestudiesofsecondlanguageacquisition.TheNaturalApproachemphasizeComprehensionabilitiesprecedeproductiveskillsinlearningalanguageTheteachingofspeakingshouldbedelayeduntilcompre

4、hensionskillsareestablishedSkillsacquiredthroughlisteningtransfertootherskillsTeachingshouldemphasizemeaningratherthanformTeachingshouldminimizelearns’stressTheoryoflearningKrashen’sMonitorModelofSecondlanguagedevelopmentTwodistinctprocessesThefivehypothesesofthismodel

5、(1)Theacquisition-learninghypotheses(2)Themonitorhypothesis(3)Thenaturalorderhypothesis(4)Thecomprehensiveinputhypothesis(5)TheaffectivefilterhypothesisTheoreticalBasisTheoryoflanguageCommunicationastheprimaryfunctionoflanguageNotnecessarytoanalyzegrammaticalstructureR

6、ulesautomaticallyprovidedintheinputEmphasisonmeaningImportanceofvocabularyBasicprinciplesMainfeaturesThenaturalapproachconsidersinputasthemostimportantelementofanylanguageteachingprogramme.LanguageisbesttaughtwhenitisbeingusedtotransmitmessagesImplicationsforclassroomp

7、ractice:Whateverhelpscomprehensionisimportant.Vocabularyisimportant.Studentsmustunderstandthemassage.ClassroommaybeaverygoodplaceforsecondlanguageacquisitionGuidelinesforclassroompractice:Thegoaliscommunicationskills.Comprehensionprecedesproduction.Productionemerges.Ac

8、quisitionactivitiesareessential.Lowertheaffectivefilter.Characteristicsofclassroomteaching:Classtimeisdevotedprimaril