Presentación-THE SILENT WAY

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METHODS AND APPROACHES

IN LANGUAGE TEACHING


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Do you know what method this is?


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THE SILENT WAYBY CALEB GATTEGNO

DESCRIPTION


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Silent Way visual,

spoken and written

techniques can help

students discover andlearn from their

mistakes, putting them

on the path towardlinguistic independence.


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Extensive use of silence

as a teaching technique.


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That learning is facilitated if the learner

discovers rather than remembers or

repeats.

That learning is aided by material

objects.

That problem-solving is fundamental tolearning


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Word Chart

One of several word charts traditionally used in a

Silent Way classroom. This Chart superimposes

the Silent Way's phoneme color codes onto text.


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VOWEL CHART

A sample of the Silent Way's color coding with

corresponding vowel pronunciation.
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SILENT WAY TRANSLATION


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A chart detailing The Silent Way's color codes

applied to common English phonemes

The Silent Way's "Fidel Chart"


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Finger technique Used to Isolate a Word.

Silent Way

visual


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The next images in this set detail related to semi-related projects that hybridize color and

language, and which have pedagogical potential.

Although traditionally used to teach mathematics, Cuisenaire Rods can be utilized for

teaching literacy by creating " visible and tangible situations from which the students caninduce the structures of the language

Cuisenaire Rods


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