A shibboleth is‘an old idea,principle or phrase,that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life’(Advanced Learners Dictionary).The discourse of Teaching English as a Foreign Lang...A shibboleth is‘an old idea,principle or phrase,that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life’(Advanced Learners Dictionary).The discourse of Teaching English as a Foreign Language is riddled with shibboleths that distort our thinking and disrupt our teaching methods.The aim of this paper is to expose the shibboleths,straighten out our thinking,and free our methods from obsolete and mischievous ideas.展开更多
6.The Language Acquisition Device,or LAD This myth has already been exposed,and further discussion is unnecessary here.The LAD is our sixth shibboleth.7.The Natural Order Is there a'natural order of acquisition...6.The Language Acquisition Device,or LAD This myth has already been exposed,and further discussion is unnecessary here.The LAD is our sixth shibboleth.7.The Natural Order Is there a'natural order of acquisition'?If so,how do we explain it?Krashenite theory holds that the so-called natural order of acquisition reflects the way the Language Acquisition Device functions.展开更多
9.Task-Based Learning There are hard and soft versions of TBL,too.The hard version says that you must on no account teach a language form before performing a task:the language to be studied should evolve naturally out...9.Task-Based Learning There are hard and soft versions of TBL,too.The hard version says that you must on no account teach a language form before performing a task:the language to be studied should evolve naturally out of the task.The soft version says that it is OK to teach the language first,provided you choose a task which generates that language naturally-and have a feedback session at the end.展开更多
2.Deep and Surface Structures There are‘hard’and‘soft’versions of this theory.In the hard Chomskyan version,deep structures are hard-wired into the brain.They are manifestations of the universal grammar that is th...2.Deep and Surface Structures There are‘hard’and‘soft’versions of this theory.In the hard Chomskyan version,deep structures are hard-wired into the brain.They are manifestations of the universal grammar that is thought to be common to all mankind.They generate surface structures-a process that can be depicted through tree diagrams.Deep structures are still language structures-they are part of the whole system which makes language possible.展开更多
A shibboleth is“an old idea,principle or phrase that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life”. Mark Lowe aims to expose the shibboleths of EFL, straighten out our thinking, an...A shibboleth is“an old idea,principle or phrase that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life”. Mark Lowe aims to expose the shibboleths of EFL, straighten out our thinking, and free our methods from obsolete and mischievous ideas.展开更多
文摘A shibboleth is‘an old idea,principle or phrase,that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life’(Advanced Learners Dictionary).The discourse of Teaching English as a Foreign Language is riddled with shibboleths that distort our thinking and disrupt our teaching methods.The aim of this paper is to expose the shibboleths,straighten out our thinking,and free our methods from obsolete and mischievous ideas.
文摘6.The Language Acquisition Device,or LAD This myth has already been exposed,and further discussion is unnecessary here.The LAD is our sixth shibboleth.7.The Natural Order Is there a'natural order of acquisition'?If so,how do we explain it?Krashenite theory holds that the so-called natural order of acquisition reflects the way the Language Acquisition Device functions.
文摘9.Task-Based Learning There are hard and soft versions of TBL,too.The hard version says that you must on no account teach a language form before performing a task:the language to be studied should evolve naturally out of the task.The soft version says that it is OK to teach the language first,provided you choose a task which generates that language naturally-and have a feedback session at the end.
文摘2.Deep and Surface Structures There are‘hard’and‘soft’versions of this theory.In the hard Chomskyan version,deep structures are hard-wired into the brain.They are manifestations of the universal grammar that is thought to be common to all mankind.They generate surface structures-a process that can be depicted through tree diagrams.Deep structures are still language structures-they are part of the whole system which makes language possible.
文摘A shibboleth is“an old idea,principle or phrase that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life”. Mark Lowe aims to expose the shibboleths of EFL, straighten out our thinking, and free our methods from obsolete and mischievous ideas.
