Situational Approach

•Paper: English Language Teaching•Presented By: Poojaba Jadeja•Roll No.: 20•Year: 2014, semester 3rd

•Submitted to: Smt. S.B. Guardy Department of English, Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

History• Developed by British

applied linguists in the 1930s

• Harold Palmer and A. S. Hornby.

Introduction

“when we acquire our primary language, we do so by learning how to behave in situations, not by learning rules about what to say”

-Michael Halliday

Characteristics• Target language is the

language of classroom

• Language should be realistic

• Materials are introduced orally

• New language points, words, sentences are introduced from real/imagined real situations.

Teacher introduces situational context in target language• Ask for a

way

Related to context, teacher uses, teaches new words & structure.• Strait, street,

turn…

Learners will learn vocabulary, grammar….• Communicate

in real situation

Example:

Comparison with traditional method

Teacher teaches words,

grammar

Students learn rules, structures

Can have theoretical knowledge, can’t use

Principles• language learning is habit-formation

• mistakes should be avoided by the teacher

• language skills are learned more effectively if they are presented orally first, then in written form

• the meanings of words can be learned only in a linguistic and cultural context

Advantages • Learner can practice

vocabularies, grammar, speech, conversation

• accuracy in pronunciation and grammar

• ability to respond quickly and accurately in speech situations

• Internalization of basic structures, forms, vocabulary

ExampleFormal conversation In Interview

References

• http://www.ac-limoges.fr/anglais/accueil/html/EP/Web4Pages/SitAppLan.htm

• http://www.academia.edu/5440042/Oral-Situational_Approach