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Read the text to answer question. Based on theoretical, experimental, and experiential knowledge, teachers and teacher educators have expressed their dissatisfaction with method in
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Based on theoretical, experimental, and experiential knowledge, teachers and teacher educators have expressed their dissatisfaction with method in different ways. Studies clearly demonstrate that, even as the methodological band played on, practicing teachers have been marching to a different drum.
In this sense, the post method condition is established as a timely response. It signifies interrelated attributes. First and foremost, it signifies a search for an alternative to method rather than an alternative method. While alternative methods are primarily products of top-down processes, alternatives to method are mainly products of bottom-up processes. In practical terms, this means that we need to refigure the relationship between the theorizer and the practitioner of language teaching. If the concept of method authorizes theorizers to centralize pedagogic decision-making, the postmethod condition enables practitioners to generate location-specific, classroom-oriented innovative strategies.
Secondly, the postmethod condition signifies teacher autonomy. The conventional concept of method “overlooks the fund of experience and tacit knowledge about teaching which the teachers already have by virtue of their lives as students” (Freeman, 1991). The postmethod condition, however, recognizes the teachers’ potential to know not only how to teach but also how to act autonomously within the academic and administrative constraints imposed by institutions, curricula, and textbooks. It also promotes the ability of teachers to know how to develop a critical approach in order to self-observe, self-analyze, and self-evaluate their own teaching practice with a view to effecting desired changes.
(B. Kumaravadivelu, Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for language teaching. Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2003. Adaptado)
In the same book, Karamavadivelu proposes some macrostrategies for language teaching. These are “guiding principles derived from historical, theoretical, empirical, and experiential insights related to L2 learning and teaching”. The strategy the author names “Fostering language awareness” aims to
- attempt to draw learners’ attention to the formal and functional properties of their L2.
- lead students to recognize potential perceptual mismatches between intentions and interpretations of the actors involved in the process.
- help learners learn how to learn, providing them with the means necessary to self-direct and self-monitor their own learning.
- provide rich textual data so that learners can infer and internalize underlying rules governing grammatical usage and communicative use.
- holistically integrate language skills traditionally separated and sequenced as listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
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Fostering language awareness visa provocar a atenção consciente dos alunos sobre as características da sua L2. Em vez de apenas expor formas, busca que o aprendiz observe e reflita sobre como a língua é estruturada e usada em contextos reais.
Por aspectos formais entende-se itens como fonologia, morfossintaxe e vocabulário; por aspectos funcionais referem-se às intenções comunicativas, escolhas de registro e efeitos pragmáticos. Trabalhar ambos permite relacionar forma e uso.
Na prática, a estratégia envolve atividades de noticing, comparação, análise de exemplos autênticos e discussão metalinguística orientada pelo professor. Essas práticas ampliam a capacidade do aluno de reconhecer padrões e aplicar a língua de modo apropriado.
O resultado esperado é maior consciência, precisão e autonomia comunicativa, pois o aprendiz passa a entender não só o que dizer, mas por que e quando usar certas formas.
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