English Teaching Methodologies - "Listen Process Speak & Communicative Language Teaching" (Part -1)

      As a teacher of English to speakers of other languages for the duration of these almost past 18 years, I can truthfully say that methodologies are very important, and whether you're a casual teacher, coach, or instructor or you're newly certified & titled professional who's just getting started. More than one methodology is necessary to have in your repertoire. In this blog, I will elaborate on a couple of very basic methodologies that everyone uses, and in all likelihood, one of them they do not acknowledge as a methodology.

     Before we begin, it is important to establish the meaning of methodology, in the Merriam-Webster dictionary it is defined as provided. 

"Methodology 1: a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline: a particular procedure or set of procedures. 2: the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a particular field."

     Listen, Process, Speak (LPS): LPS simply known as Listen, Process, Speak. The instructor provides valuable information to the learner who gradually processes the information with the incentive of being motivated to give a response when it is permitted or required in the classroom setting. It must be noted that in this particular classroom setting, we're working with beginners who are classified as A0 or A1 English learners. "LPS" has been used ever since the beginning of human existence and immediately upon conception and then continued after birth is continued throughout the person's existence. Processing the information that is relayed to the person through audible speech requires the listener to process that information and once they have understood the message proceed to respond in an appropriate fashion or as the situation requires. LPS is not looked upon as a genuine methodology because of the supposed absence of a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline, but I beg to differ. Once the maestro has presented themselves and established order within their teaching space all of those requirements have been met. The course is able to commence and the learner(s) are able to develop their desired foreign language skills.

     The next methodology is Communicative language teaching (CLT): This is the most widely used approach to English teaching today. CLT emphasizes the development of communicative competence, which is the ability to use language effectively in real-world contexts. CLT lessons typically focus on meaningful tasks and activities that allow learners to practice using language for communication. (https://bard.google.com/ "prompt; act as an expert in English teaching methodologies.) I will add that in this particular methodology, the learner has basic language communication skills in the foreign language and is capable of asking questions in order to attain more information from the instructor when it is necessary to satisfy a doubt or curiosity.

Here are two basic methodologies at your disposal, just remember that these two basic methodologies require you to have excellent classroom control and learners that are consistently engaged in your presentation. The best suggestion that I can share with you is to be sure to involve your learners through questions & games so that they are involved and feel that they are involved in the learning experience and not merely spectators within the classroom.