Silent Way

Methodology * The Silent Way was originated in the early 1970s by Dr. Caleb Gattegno * It derives its name from the fact that the teacher conducting a Silent Way, class is silent for most of the time the learner should be encouraged to produce as much language as possible * The Silent Way advocates that we start from what the student knows. The teacher assists learners to use that knowledge in the target language, and then the teacher can continue putting together sounds to make a word * Silence is considered the best vehicle for learning because in silence students concentrate on the task to be accomplished and the potential means to its accomplishment * The Silent Way claims to facilitate what psychologists call "learning to learn” * Learning is facilitated only; * if the learner discovers or creates rather than remembers and repeats what is to be learned, * by accompanying physical objects, * by problem solving involving the material to be learned * The Silent Way views learning as a problem-solving, creative, discovering activity, in which the learner is a principal actor * The rods and the color-coded pronunciation charts provide physical foci for student learning and also create memorable images to facilitate student recall
Tell me and I forget,
Teach me and I remember
Involve me and I learn
Objectives
* General objective is to give beginning level students oral and aural facility in basic elements of the target language * The general goal is near-native fluency in the target language and correct pronunciation * An immediate objective is to provide the learner with a basic practical knowledge of the grammar of the language * Learners could be able to; * Correctly and easily answer questions about themselves, their education, their family, travel, and daily events – practical knowledge and use of the target language; * Speak with a good accent; * Perform