English through orienteering as a language teaching activity and its Theoretical back-up
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As a language teaching activity then, English through orienteering is based on the following general and language schooling ideas and methods:
- Total Physical Response. First of all, TPR, as a method, is based on a general approach called “the comprehension approach” stemming from the assumption that understanding should precede production, the latter expected to appear spontaneously. In English through orienteering the way the game goes on very much depends on comprehension - success in the game depends on how well its participants understand the instructions of the left-behind traces. Secondly, in light of TPR, children learn best if language instruction is related to bodily-awareness. Taking the idea outdoors offers endless possibilities as to what kind of instruction children may respond through actions. What is even more important is the motivating factor - they have a reason to respond in the requested way - winning the game. Read the rest of this entry »


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