Innovative+techniques+for+English+teaching+by+Esra+İDİL

I found this approach from the website: [] The 4S approach is an innovative, fast-track, total word methodology designed to repair, raise, refine and reinforce personal English language skills.4S — which stands for Symbols, Sounds, Sight, and Self — can be introduced at any age and skill level and is for lifelong learning. Where a bilingual facilitator or teacher is not available, learners need basic conversational English skills. It is an intensive course that (a) teaches about the English language, (b) provides accelerated learning techniques and tools, (c) repairs personal, illiteracy problems. At the same time, it also raises and develops the language talents of medium and higher skilled learners. The methodology emphasises the importance of knowing and understanding: ·the characteristics of the English language .word structures ·the relationships between words The 4S Key teaches: “When two vowels go out walking, the first one usually does the talking.” This means that when there are two vowels together in a word, the first vowel is usually pronounced but the second one is silent. When one knows this Key, not only can one pronounce and spell “seat” but also meat, beat, heat, please, repeat, release, etc. Moreover, if one understands why “seat” says what it says, one also quickly understands why “boat” – “train” – “wait” – “tie” – “fuel”, etc. say what they say, because they all have two vowels together. The approach also teaches how to “create” new words by exchanging the frontal, middle and final symbols and sounds in words, such as “retain” to “detain”, “extensive” to “expensive”, and “frontal” to “frontier”. When learners “create” new words themselves, they remember them because ownership maximizes memory and retention. This methodology also takes a functional approach to teaching grammar, and as with literacy, places a major emphasis on //understanding// the English language as the prerequisite to using it with confidence and competence and for maximizing retention. In this sense, 4S is “experiential”, providing learners with relevant, practical and appropriate language-based, situational experiences that develop and enhance their personal language talents, equipping them for everyday communicative situations. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The 4S approach can be used to underpin, enhance or even replace an existing method to teach English.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR ENGLISH TEACHING BY ESRA İDİL **