Presentation

SAP004
Post-method
condition
Mster de profesorado para Educacin Secundaria Obligatoria
UJI 2009/10
Cristina Milin
Santi Gual

POST-METHOD CONDITION (1)

Teachers autonomy: This method recognizes the teachers

potential to know not only how to teach but also know how
to act autonomously.
Principled pragmatism: the relationship between theory and

practice can only be realized through the immediate activity

of teaching.
Framework

for
microstrategies.

L2

teaching:

macrostategies

&

Macrostrategies are general plans derived from theoretical,

empirical and pedagogical knowledge. They are made

operational through microstrategies.
Macrostrategies: theory neutral & method neutral.

POST-METHOD CONDITION (2)

Macrostrategies (10):
1. Maximize learning opportunities.
Teaching is seen as a process of creating & utilizing learning opportunities.
Teachers are continuously modifying their lesson plans according to their

learnersneeds.
2. Facilitate

The learner should be given the freedom & encouragement to initiate talk, not
just react and respond to it.
Activities: group activities, asking questions wiht open-ended responses.

3. Minimize

perceptual Mismatches.

We should take into account learner interpretation and teacher intention.

4. Activate

negotiated interaction.

intuitive heuristics

Exercises Explain theory. (inductively)

Macrostrategies (2)
5.

Foster language awareness.

Language awareness-based teaching is learner oriented, cyclic and holistic.
Language awareness strategies emphasize understanding, general
principles and original experience.

6.

Contextualize linguistic input

The teacher should contextualize the linguistic input for learners to benefit
from the interactive effects of various linguistics components.

7.

Integrate language skills

Speaking, listening, reading & writing should be integrated for effective
language teaching.

8.

Promote Learner Autonomy

Helping learners learn how to learn, equipping them with the means
necessary to self-direct their own learning

Macrostrategies (3)
5.

Raise cultural consciousness

Teacher and learners as cultural informants.

6.

Ensure social relevance.

It refers to the need for teachers to be sensitive to the societal,

political, economic and educational environment in which L2
learning/teaching takes place.

ACTIVITIES

My typical day
I always wake up at 8:30. I usually have breakfast

with my mother because she starts working at

9.00. My father drives a lorry and he often works at
night, so he never wakes up before 12.00. After
breakfast, my mother always takes me to school
by car, so I am never late for my lessons. After
school, I sometimes go to the park to play football
with my friends, but I am always at home by eight
oclock. My mother and I often have dinner at 8.30
pm and after that we watch the news on TV. I am
usually tired at 10.30 pm and I go to bed.

Simple Present
AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

INTERROGATIVE

I play
You play
He plays
She plays
It plays
We play
You play
They play

I dont play
You dont play
He doesnt play
She doesnt play
It doesnt play
We dont play
You dont play
They dont play

Do I play?
Do you play?
Does he play?
Does she play?
Does it play?
Do we play?
Do you play?
Do they play?

-Verbs ending in s, ss, sh, ch, x and o add es to the third person
singular.
-Verbs ending in consonant + y change the y to i and add es to the
third person singular (I study, he studies.

My typical day
I always wake up at 8:30. I usually have

breakfast with my mother because she starts

working at 9.00. My father drives a lorry and
he often works at night, so he never wakes up
before 12.00. After breakfast, my mother
always takes me to school by car, so I am
never late for my lessons. After school, I
sometimes go to the park to play football with
my friends, but I am always at home by eight
oclock. My mother and I often have dinner at
8.30 pm and after that we watch the news on
TV. I am usually tired at 10.30 pm and I go to

Frequency adverbs
always
never

often

sometimes

seldom

Position:

- AFTER the verb to be (He is always happy)

- BEFORE all other verbs (He always has a happy
smile)

Homework
Write a composition of 150 words about your

daily activities. You must describe all what you

do during a typical day of your life.

Discussion Topic

What do you think about these two pictures?