The Silent Way Method-opracowanie

The Silent Way
The silent way is a method of foreign language teaching developed by Caleb Gattegno which makes use of gestures, mime, visual aid, wall charts, and in particular Cuisiniere rods (wooden sticks of different lengths and colours) that the teacher uses to help the students to talk and to introduce vocabulary and syntax. The method takes its name from the relative silence of the teacher using these techniques. The learning hypothesis underlying Gateggno's work could be stated as follows:
learning is facilitated if the learner discovers or creates rather than remembers and repeats what is to be learned
learning is facilitated by accompanying (mediating) physical objectives
learning is facilitated by problem solving involving the material to be learned
General characteristics:
teacher is silent most of the time and students are silent too
this forces students to work out language problems - discovery learning procedures (rather than remembering and repeating)
students develop also independence, autonomy and responsibility it also makes use of gestures, visual aids, mimic, etc.
Criticism: the teacher is too distant, he doesn't create communicative atmosphere; languages need more guidance and correction.
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