THE SILENT WAY METHOD

 Hello, what's new? I found out that your birthday was last week 👀 so I hope you've had an amazing day; sending my best wishes for ya!💗

So in this past week, we learned a new method: 

The Silent Way Method

Gabeb Gattegno, who was an Egyptian mathematician and educator, founded The Silent Way in 1970. It is based on three main points: discovery, problem-solving in TL and uses of physical tools.

Principles:

1. Teachers should concentrate on how students learn, not on how to teach.

2. Imitation and drill are not the primary means by which students learn.

3. Learning consists of trial and error, deliberate experimentation, suspending judgement, and revising conclusions.

4. In learning, learners draw on everything that they already know, especially their native language

5. The teacher must not interfere with the learning process.

Techniques:

Sound-color chart

Each block of color represents a sound in the TL; the students can form syllables, words, and even sentences. In this case, the color white = pronouns, orange = nouns, red = conjuctions and yellow = verbs. So the sentence goes like this: My friends and I played secret friend for Valentine's day so we decided to buy flowers. It is really interesting to put into practice!

Teacher's silence

The teacher gives the necessary help and then is silent.

Word chart

It contains functional vocabulary of English. It can be used for teaching and correction. The chart will change as students progress.

Rods

The students can see by visualized context. Situations with rods can make the meaning clear, to connect the language with the meaning.

 

 That's all, thank you so much for your attention!💟