Teaching method developed by James Asher, based on the idea that the brain is biologically programmed for acquiring a language. According to him, the teacher should make gestures, use pictures and realia and say commands to the students. The role of the students is to watch, imitate and listen to the teacher and interact with the realia by touching and playing.
This method is very effective when teaching small children. I have experienced it with a group of four kindergarten students and I realized that when they are playing, singing, dancing, etc, they learn and have fun at the same time. But if we try to make them sit down and just observe without interacting, it will not last long, because their attention span is short.
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RCHARDS, J.; RODGERS, T.; Approaches and methods in language teaching. 2ª ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 278 p.
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