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From Input to Output: Communication‐Based Teaching Techniques
Author(s) -
Tschirner Erwin
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1992.tb01134.x
Subject(s) - vocabulary , grammar , presentation (obstetrics) , computer science , communication skills , psychology , linguistics , mathematics education , medicine , philosophy , medical education , radiology
Communication‐based activities which guide students from input to output offer advocates of both communicative‐and structure‐oriented approaches the opportunity to foster accurate, yet communicative, language skills in the target language. This article outlines communication‐based teaching techniques that lead students from input to output in a stimulating and motivating learning environment. Four input and four output activity types are presented. Whereas input activities are most useful for the presentation of speech acts, vocabulary, and grammatical structures, output activities are valuable for the recycling and fine‐tuning of previously introduced speech acts, vocabulary, and grammar, and for expanding students' productive skills.