Silent way (Caleb Gattengo)
Caleb
Gattengo- A teacher of mathematics makes extensive
use of silence as a teaching method.
He
introduced this method in “Teaching foreign languages in schools the silent
way (1963)”
This
method shares the ground with other theories and educational philosophies
The
primary perception of this method was teaching must subordinate to learning
Mother
tongue is not used.
The
teacher is almost silent. The learners do talk.
The
teacher is to say as little as possible in order that the learner can be in
control of what he wants to say.
Teacher
uses questions to elicit responses to focus attention to encourage them to
correct it their own errors.
It
uses structural syllabus
Pronunciation
is seen as fundamental to this method
Translation
and rote repetition are avoided
“Tell
me, I forge; teach me, I remember; involve me, I learn” is used here. (learning
by doing)
One
of the hallmarks of this method is the use of Cuisenaire rods, sound color
charts (to teach sound), Colored word charts (to teach words), colored Fidel
charts (to teach spellings)
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