AULA 8 (Publishing time span: from 1st to 5th December)

Is there a best method to teach a foreign language?

Read Prabhu's text in the lin below* and do the following activity:

Write at least 10 lines trying to explain why the author of the text states it categorically. Does not he show any kind of preference for any method/approach?

*You can find the article here: http://neltachoutari.pbworks.com/f/There+is+no+best+method.pdf

Aula 7 (está no Moodle também)

Hi there, people! Essa aula também está no fórum do moodle (http://ead3.uespi.br/moodle/login/index.php)

Watch the video below and, please, post a comment giving your opinion on Krashen's theory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqukbEigUtk&feature=related

In your opinion, is this theoretical construct he presents reliable? Why?

"Acquisition requires meaningful interaction in the target language - natural communication - in which speakers are concerned not with the form of their utterances but with the messages they are conveying and understanding." Stephen Krashen