I am Chris Warmack.
I teach sign language.
ASL, American Sign Language.
I explain you my three teaching philosphy.
I strong believe students to
enter classroom or online, not matter.
Students will learn while using TL, Target Language.
What language student will use?
Sign language.
Also, they will experience deaf culture, too.
Notional-Funicational Syllabus, abbreviation, NFS.
What is their goal?
The method's goal is focus function.
For example, one-on-one students.
Teacher watch one-on-one students' chatting in
sign language the conversation has function.
Reality example, student asks another student.
What you doing during your free time?
(role shift)
I do like to play video game when I have free time.
Function goal: one-on-one conversation in ASL
Limit to two students conversation?
Three, four, or five students conversation can work.
Communicative Language Teaching, abbreviation, CLT.
Similar with NFS but included grammar.
One-on-one students chat in sign language.
Teacher spots student's sign was not clear.
Teacher takes action and support student's sign.
Concept of a coach.
Teacher signs accurately.
Student finally signs accurately.
From teacher's aid to sign langauge.
One-on-one students.
One student practice and represent as waitress,
and another student represent as customer.
Student-customer: look at menu.
The student-customer wants a Sprite drink.
Also, want pancake without peanut.
Student-waitress: Asking customer, What drink do you want?
Student-customer: Sprite.
Student-waitress: Writes down on piece of paper.
Then, ask customer, what food do you want?
Student-customer: Pancake without peanut because I'm allergy to peanut.
Student-waitress: oh I see, this is matter of information.
The conversation in sign language have meaningful.
Task-Based Language Teaching, abbreviation, TBLT.
Similar CLT but narrower to Task goal.
What does it mean?
Real world context events.
Pick an event into classroom.
One-on-one students will surrogates.
Student surrogates as patient.
another student surrogates as doctor.
How student-patient to start to make an appointment?
Student-patient: Start to call doctor on videophone.
Student-doctor receive and answer the call.
Both students; arrange plan, to pick an available date.
Finalize arrange date for doctor appointment.
Open to arrange. Then, make an appointment and close.
This is authentic language user.
Three methods have different benefits.
NFS: goal focus function.
CLT: goal focus chat in sign language.
TBLT: goal practice surrogate while sign language.
Whole three methods are my teaching philosophy.
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