7)b story-based lang learning vs traditional approach

Question 0

TRADITIONAL DEDUCTIVE APPROACH:

2) little teacher / learner interaction; teacher directed explanation

Answer 0

STORY-BASED PACE APPROACH:

2) instructional interaction between Teacher (“expert”) and learners (“novices”)

Question 1

TRADITIONAL DEDUCTIVE APPROACH:

1) Sequencing of tasks from simple to complex

Answer 1

STORY-BASED PACE APPROACH:

1) use of higher-level thinking skills and language before moving to procedural skills

Question 2

TRADITIONAL DEDUCTIVE APPROACH:

3) explicit explanation of grammar

Answer 2

STORY-BASED PACE APPROACH:

3) dialogic co-constructed explanation

Question 3

TRADITIONAL DEDUCTIVE APPROACH:

4) learner must master each step before going to next step (competence before performance)

Answer 3

STORY-BASED PACE APPROACH:

4) encourages performance before competence (approximation encouraged)

Question 4

TRADITIONAL DEDUCTIVE APPROACH:

5) learners are passive and rarely participate in constructing the explanation

Answer 4

STORY-BASED PACE APPROACH:
5) learners participate in problem-solving processes and higher-order thinking skills (opportunity for learners’ actions to be made meaningful)

Question 5

TRADITIONAL DEDUCTIVE APPROACH:

6) few questions – mainly rhetorical

Answer 5

STORY-BASED PACE APPROACH:

6) language and especially questions must be suitably turned to a level at which performance requires assistance

Question 6

TRADITIONAL DEDUCTIVE APPROACH:

7) the functional significance of a grammatical point often does not emerge until the end of the lesson

Answer 6

STORY-BASED PACE APPROACH:

7) lesson operationalizes functional significance of grammatical structure before mechanical procedures take place