Methodology

1.2.4 Methodology:-

Both the text-book is based on different approaches. Old text-book is based on structural approach, while the new text-book is based on functional approach. Let’s discuss both the approaches one by one.

* Structural approach: -
Structural approach is also called traditional approach. The user of structural approach regarded language learning as habit formation. Language is a set of habits. It was held that the patterns of language needed to be, “over-learned” by students so that they would be produced correctly as a master of unconscious habit. Some time it was thought that the structure of the native language and the target language caused conflict because the pattern of the target language would fight against established patterns of the native language.

There are certain points which are important.

--> Grammar was taught in a discrete point of teaching
--> Dictation type of teaching
--> Memorization is given more important
--> Error are not tolerated
--> Language items taught bit by bit
--> Accuracy is more important
--> L S R W should taught in this order