Acculturation hypothesis
“ the degree of acculturation toward the ‘model’ language group seems to be the primary consideration in attempting to account for the varied levels of linguistic achievement reached by second language learners”
Korean Wes
Literacy Ability (reading, writing) Grammar skill High Low
Communication skills
(listening, speaking) Low High
level. And then ultimate aim is to use comprehension as a means to speaking. A TPR course aims to produce learners who are capable of an uninhibited communication that is intelligible to a native speaker. The goals must be attainable through the use of action-based drills in the imperative form.
2) The syllabus
TPR uses a sentence-based syllabus, with grammatical and lexical criteria being
Or peer evaluation among the group members can take place in order to prevent the free-riders.
3. Since students have news broadcasting relying on the script, the teacher might have difficulty in evaluating their fluency. In other words, it is difficult for the teacher to say whether a student is a fluent speaker or not while just seeing the student’s reading of the already written script.
For this purpose, functional lessons focus on listening and speaking skills—oral communication. In lessons 1 and 2, students will be engaged in comprehension activities as well as communicative interaction with fellow students in order to grasp the usage of following expressions:
Express interest in friend’s idea: Are you?
Ask friends of their interest: “Are you interested in…?”
English Education
‣ To cultivate interests and confidence in English and to enhance the ability of 1communication
‣ To communicate fluently about the daily activities and general topics
‣ To understand the various foreign information and to improve the ability to utilize 1the information
‣ To recognize Korean culture and to enhance sound values by understanding 1