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ACTION ORIENTED APPROACH

Catedra de Metodología y Evaluación en la Enseñanza del Inglés UNED

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Main Characteristics

Effectiveness of this approach

What is AOA?

Origin and Background

Underlying Principles

The Approach Components

Roles

Principles in Action

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH

What is it?

An Action-Oriented Approach sees learners as active agents responsible for their own progress in learning and sees communication as a social activity designed to accomplish specific tasks. Within this approach to English language learning, learners develop communicative competence, gain knowledge of various English cultures, and develop their full potential as national and global citizens.

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH

MAIN GOALS

Focuses on language as an active process.

Develops an action-oriented, task-based interaction.

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH

ORIGIN

BACKGROUND

Pedagogical Influences
Critical Pedagogy
Socio-Constructivism
Holism

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

A theoretical framework of the AOA was released by Piccardo & North.

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH

Learners are social agents .

UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES

Language performances, respond to language functions and they are carried out in specific scenarios.

Communicative activities are task-based and real-life.

Authentic materials as comprehensible input

Mediation activities promote reflecting and critical thinking processes.

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH

TEACHER`S ROLE

STUDENTS`ROLE

- Promoter of collective actions -Facilitator, coach, resource person, guide, advisor, organizer and observer. -Provides effective feedback

-An agent/performer - Autonomous, works cooperatively, interacts with others, investigates and solves problems -Develops metacognitive, reflective, self-regulating and critical thinking strategies

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH: COMPONENTS

  • Listening
  • Reading
  • Spoken interaction
  • Spoken production
  • Writing

LINGUISTIC COMPETENCES

These competences are used in various contexts by engaging in language activities involving language processes to produce and receive oral and written texts in relation to themes in specific domains.

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH

PRINCIPLES IN ACTION

The Pre-teaching stage prepares learners for the achievement of weekly goals within a specific theme and scenario. *WARM-UP: fun activity to motivate learners.It can be connected to the theme and goal of the lesson. *ACTIVATION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: it includes Goal of the Unit, Enduring Understanding, Essential Question and connection of new language to student`s background. *MODELING: teacher models pronunciation and meaning of new language. *CLARIFICATION: teacher asks questions to learners to clarify meaning.

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROAH

Effectiveness of method/approach for the teaching of English to children in Costa Rica

Cognition This approach boost the thinking process behind the visible behaviour. Meaningful learning (not only behaviourism) Information processing Source: Picardo & North (2019, p. 59)

ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH

Benefits Based on Recent Studies

“Language skills and subskills are greatly enhanced” (p. 131) “Ss are interested and motivated, which improves comprehension skills” (p. 137). “Students feel more capable of processing information coming from authentic materials” (p. 137). Source: Arley & Brizuela (2020)

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Sesión de Aprendizaje 1 // Quiz

WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE?

Learners are provided with pedagogically adapted materials at all times.

Vocabulary, syntax, cohesive forms, and phonology are taught with the purpose of facilitating communication.

The students are passive learners that use the target language to perform specific actions in a set-up imaginary context.

Sesión de Aprendizaje 1 // Quiz

WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE?

Intercultural awareness plays a primary role for getting meaning since it facilitates communication among cultures.

The Information and Communication Technologies become a support tool used sporadically in the class.

The students are passive learners that use the target language to perform specific actions in a set-up imaginary context.

REFERENCES

Arley-Fonseca, M., & Brizuela-Gutiérrez, T. (2020). Enhancing the language learning process of students in the Costa Rican educational system by considering the use of authentic materials in the EFL classroom. Revista Espiga, 19(40), 121-139. MEP. (2016). Teacher´s guide for the new English curriculum. First Grade. https://www.mep.go.cr/educatico/teachers-guide-first-grade Piccardo, E & North, B. (2019). The action-oriented approach. A dynamic vision of language education. Multilingual Matters.

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