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Welcome to ILT 1!

Welcome to ILT 1!. Course Outline Sessions 3 - 5. Contextual factors in LT - 1. The importance of context Two main aspects: the teaching-learning situation the learner Stern’s “contextual factors” model: types variables. Types of context. Language teaching School environment

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Welcome to ILT 1!

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  1. Welcome to ILT 1! Course Outline Sessions 3 - 5

  2. Contextual factors in LT - 1 • The importance of context • Two main aspects: • the teaching-learning situation • the learner • Stern’s “contextual factors” model: • types • variables

  3. Types of context • Language teaching • School environment • Home environment and neighbourhood • Region • National and international setting

  4. Context variables • Linguistic • Socio-cultural • Historical/political • Geographic • Economic/technological • Educational

  5. Linguistic • FL:mother tongue (MT): • similarity/difference -> ease/difficulty of learning • Homogenous/heterogenous: • > ease/difficulty of teaching

  6. Socio-cultural • Attitudes to FL: • e.g., post “Iron Curtain” • Socio-economic status: • higher vs lower • Views of language and learning: • prestige of BE • repetition, memorisation, etc

  7. Historical/political • Language status: • effect of English as an International Language (EIL) on FL learning in UK, vs. learning of EFL in e.g., Denmark, the Netherlands, etc • Political climate: • “Open Door” policy -> internationalisation

  8. Geographic • Proximity to where FL spoken • MT or second language (SL) situations (i.e., where target language present outside classroom) vs. FL situation (target language not present outside classroom)

  9. Economic/technological • Economic and scientific development: • > demand for EFL • Teaching/learning resources: • from blackboard to electronic whiteboard

  10. Educational • Starting age: the younger the better? • No. of hours (“drip-feed” vs intensive) • Goals • e.g., grammar/exam-oriented, or communicative, or both • Roles of teachers • “sage on the stage” vs. “guide by the side” • Institutions • BANA vs TESEP

  11. (see Holliday1994 a & b)

  12. Workshop BANA vs TESEP methodology - see handout

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