英语教学术语选摘(九十八)

Terms and Concepts in English Language Teaching

【deep-end strategy】Brumfit(1978)suggests that the communicative movement involves a shift from the traditional‘PRESENTATION PRACTICE PRODUCTION’SEQUENCE to one where the learner first communicates with available resources.Presentation and practice follow if found necessary.For Brumfit this sequence’s major advantage is that teaching content becomes‘student-determined’based on learners’needs revealed at the first stage.The sequence also practises important risk-taking skills because the learner attempts to communicate at the first stage,perhaps using inadequate resources.For this reason,Johnson(1980)calls it the‘deep-end strategy’the learner is‘thrown in at the deep end’.