A Brief on The Natural Approach
Historical Background
With more and more linguists and scholars-alike noticed that the language teaching field demanded a more naturalistic strategy, the era of direct and audio-lingual methods in foreign and second language teaching was beginning to come to an end. It was not until 1970, California did Tracy Terrell, a Spanish language teacher, come up with an entirely new language teaching method that focused intensely on developing communicative skills in students. This newfound method, he referred to as the "Natural Approach". He was soon joined by linguist Stephen Krashen, who supported his idea and together they formulated the fundamentals of their new method.
Characteristics of the Approach
As briefly mentioned earlier, the Natural Approach seeks to help learners master their foreign/second languages as they do their first or mother languages. As opposed to prior language teaching methods, this approach does not focus on the form of a language but rather, its true purpose: communication. Unsurprisingly, very much unlike the audio-lingual method that values accuracy (as it strives for grammatical correctness and error-correction), the Natural Approach dismisses this particular aspect almost entirely. The Natural Approach believes that a language should be (unconsciously) acquired and not (consciously) learned. This approach is convinced that in order to reach acquisition, as much exposure is required. Although practically anything can be the source of exposure, teachers are expected to generate new topics regularly and stimulate responses in students. In addition, in the Natural Approach the output is not forced, but allowed to emerge gradually; as opposed to the audio-lingual method.
Historical Background
With more and more linguists and scholars-alike noticed that the language teaching field demanded a more naturalistic strategy, the era of direct and audio-lingual methods in foreign and second language teaching was beginning to come to an end. It was not until 1970, California did Tracy Terrell, a Spanish language teacher, come up with an entirely new language teaching method that focused intensely on developing communicative skills in students. This newfound method, he referred to as the "Natural Approach". He was soon joined by linguist Stephen Krashen, who supported his idea and together they formulated the fundamentals of their new method.
Characteristics of the Approach
As briefly mentioned earlier, the Natural Approach seeks to help learners master their foreign/second languages as they do their first or mother languages. As opposed to prior language teaching methods, this approach does not focus on the form of a language but rather, its true purpose: communication. Unsurprisingly, very much unlike the audio-lingual method that values accuracy (as it strives for grammatical correctness and error-correction), the Natural Approach dismisses this particular aspect almost entirely. The Natural Approach believes that a language should be (unconsciously) acquired and not (consciously) learned. This approach is convinced that in order to reach acquisition, as much exposure is required. Although practically anything can be the source of exposure, teachers are expected to generate new topics regularly and stimulate responses in students. In addition, in the Natural Approach the output is not forced, but allowed to emerge gradually; as opposed to the audio-lingual method.
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