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Japan "a world of difference" |
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Background to Step 3: No single method, obviously, can solve all the problems of teaching/learning a foreign language because of inherent limitations and also because human beings differ greatly. So there is really no reason why conventional techniques should not be put to use to further facilitate the teaching/learning process or to receive feedback, especially since these techniques have been used successfully in the classroom from time immemorial. |
| Perhaps a teacher's preference for a particular
method tells us more about how the teacher's mind functions than
anything else. The Illustrated Way is, of course, no exception.
The essential strength and relevance of this picture-word format,
however, remains valid (especially in this comics-loving nation!)
since conversational settings are a lot more clear than with
a words-only or words-and-pictures format. Step 3: Some of the conventional exercises included in the Workbook are: (1) Pronunciation Practice: (a) Listen and repeat - a list of important words and phrases recorded from the sixteen Scenes which students need to remember as well as know how to pronounce properly, (b) Listen and circle the words you hear - an aural test of similar sounding words, (c) Listen and fill in the missing words - an aural test of useful and important words; |
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