English learning method plays a very important role in learning English. There are many students who are able to achieve a good performance because it was taught using English learning method that is appropriate. By contrast, most students feel bored and reluctant to learn English because there is so boring method.
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Four Methods of Learning English Required to Know |
A method of learning English is the key to learning. If teachers use methods that are less precise and boring, then all will be lost that class. On average, students will tend to get bored and do not like the English classes that occurred during the almost two hours. The method of learning English if that must be known by a teacher? Below, we provide information about four methods of learning required to be known.
Grammar Translation Method
This method is commonly abbreviated with GTM. Is a method which is the longest in the world of learning a foreign language. Indonesia itself, still using GTM method of teaching English since occurred to date. What exactly GTM?
This is a method in which grammar or grammar is emphasized. In addition to grammar, there is also a translation or interpreting is most often used to teach vocabulary. The teacher will teach material on grammar using the formula, and then use the interpreter when giving instruction in reading, writing, and vocabulary in English.
Audio Lingual Method
Audio-Lingual Method is a method of learning English in which teachers practiced a short dialogue that any means can not be translated by the students. Teachers provide instruction to students to follow the dialogue and the students to guess the purpose of dialogue of gestures, poses a dialogue, and a variety of things practiced by a teacher.
Students are invited to memorize dialogue that even they do not know the meaning of the writing and clearly. They are forced to think to understand the contents of dialog and memorize it in a short time without allowed to read or write. After the students memorize, only then can they be given the words that exist in the dialogue. Students read, then they wrote it.
This method is believed effective to make the students learn English quickly. They are taught a language like infancy advance. Because the language is taught through dialogue without the sense of hearing, and their only intention knowing of facial expressions, poses dialogue and gesture. After listening, students are encouraged to speak and memorize with the provision of the intentions of the word, but without a clear meaning in detail. Then, reading and writing only after the students listen and talk.
Silent Way
Silent Way is actually used by Celeb Caste no to teach mathematics. However, this adult English language learning method called the silent way is a powerful method when applied to learning English.
The silent way is a method of using rods or rod as a medium. Rods have different colors and lengths. With rods, a teacher teaches many things, especially about the speaking and grammar in English.
This method broadly has the same concept with the audio lingual method. Students are invited to listen, speak, read, and write new. There is one interesting case where students were invited to establish or inner sense criteria that make them able to detect and repair themselves if there are errors in using the English language.
Total Physical Response
Beginning teachers are doing some work such as walking, sitting, holding the ears, put a ruler, or write. But before the teacher carries out all the work, he ruled himself beforehand with instruction in English.
After several repetitions via the command conducted and carried out by himself, in the later stages of teachers provide instruction to students with the same command with him earlier. Through these commands, the students are expected to carry out in accordance with the command and the example that had been given. Of course, teachers do not carry out the order and it only gives a correction.
That's four English learning method that is widely used and is obliged to be known in detail. Hopefully, the information above can help you.