The Silent Way

Created by

Caleb Gattegno in 1970for

Teaching foreign languages for

Learning through

A Discovery/exploratory method

The 4 skills

developing

Grammar

Focused on

Cognitive principles of language learning

teaching

learnt

Inductively

Students Whose role isTo be autonomous

Teachers Guided by

for

Whose role is

To be Facilitators or stimulators

A sound/colour chart

Construction of sentences

Tipically in

silence

Consequently

Phonology

through

To speak

A pointer

Rods

Spelling charts

Words charts

Use student’s errors

in which

Students

The language

Teachers

and

practiceexplore

using

usingusingand

using

Are not allowed

Workfirst

The oral skill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj2nhrNkpeo

References

Larsen- Freeman.D. (n.d) Techniques and principles in language teaching. (P 54)

Principles and methodology. April 3rd 2011, Retrieved by:

http://www.englishraven.com/method_silent.html