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✅ Q.3. Describe the techniques of language teaching.
(Marks: 10)
🔷 I. Introduction
Language teaching involves developing four key skills:
👉 Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing (LSRW).
To effectively teach these skills, teachers use a variety of techniques that make the learning process interactive, engaging, and meaningful.
✅ The aim is to help learners use language confidently and accurately in real-life situations.
🔶 II. Common Techniques of Language Teaching
🟢 1. Communicative Approach
Focuses on communication in real-life situations rather than just grammar rules.
✅ Techniques:
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Role plays
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Group discussions
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Information gap activities
📌 Example: Students discuss their weekend activities in pairs.
🔵 2. Direct Method
Emphasizes teaching in the target language only (no translation).
✅ Techniques:
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Use of real objects, pictures, and actions
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Speaking practice through repetition
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Teaching grammar in context
📌 Example: Teaching English using only English and real-life vocabulary.
🟡 3. Grammar-Translation Method
Focus on learning grammar rules and vocabulary through translation between mother tongue and target language.
✅ Techniques:
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Sentence translation
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Memorizing grammar rules
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Reading passages with translation
📌 Example: Translating Hindi sentences into English to understand structure.
🟣 4. Audio-Lingual Method
Based on repetition and habit formation.
✅ Techniques:
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Listening to dialogues
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Repeating and drilling sentences
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Using language labs or audio tools
📌 Example: Students repeat model dialogues after listening to a recording.
🔴 5. Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
Involves students in completing specific tasks using the target language.
✅ Techniques:
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Project work
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Problem-solving tasks
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Creating posters, reports, or charts in the target language
📌 Example: Students prepare a presentation on “Save the Environment.”
🟢 6. Storytelling and Language Games
Used to make learning fun and engaging.
✅ Techniques:
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Telling stories with expressive language
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Playing games like word puzzles, spelling bees, or sentence races
📌 Example: A teacher narrates a short moral story and asks students to retell it.
🔵 7. Questioning Technique
Helps in assessing understanding and promoting interaction.
✅ Types:
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Closed questions (Yes/No)
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Open-ended questions (Why/How)
📌 Example: “Why do you think the character did that?” after reading a story.
🔶 III. Supportive Strategies in Language Teaching
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Use of pictures, flashcards, charts
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Creating a print-rich environment
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Integrating technology like videos, apps, and audio tools
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Encouraging peer interaction and group activities
🔷 IV. Role of the Teacher
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Facilitator of learning
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Models correct usage of language
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Provides feedback and corrections gently
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Motivates and involves all students
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Adapts techniques to student needs and levels
🔶 V. Conclusion
✅ Language teaching is effective when a teacher uses a combination of techniques that promote interaction, interest, and understanding.
Good language teaching develops not only grammar knowledge but also real-life communication skills, making learners confident and competent users of the language.
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